superlenient

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

super- +‎ lenient

Adjective[edit]

superlenient (comparative more superlenient, superlative most superlenient)

  1. Very lenient.
    • 1975, Frank Carrington, The Victims, page 148:
      [] to prevent a reversal — and a new trial by a superlenient appellate court.
    • 1983, Paula McGuire, It Won't Happen to Me: Teenagers Talk about Pregnancy, page 148:
      I've been accused by a few of my relatives of being superlenient with Donna and with my son.