Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Inclined to be lenient or merciful.
- adjective Mild.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Mild in temper and disposition; gentle; forbearing; lenient; merciful; compassionate; tender.
- Synonyms Forbearing, indulgent, forgiving.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Mild in temper and disposition; merciful; compassionate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Lenient ormerciful ;charitable . - adjective Said of
weather and similar circumstances that aremild .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (used of persons or behavior) inclined to show mercy
- adjective (of weather or climate) physically mild
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Even in clement weather, many of them are tucked away in darkened cinemas watching the autumn releases.
It's Lights, Camera, Strike in France Lennox Morrison 2010
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Nor is the case improved one whit even if one were to call the clement he has isolated not an individual substance but a quality: for there will still be the one beside the many, just as
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Nor is the case improved one whit even if one were to call the clement he has isolated not an individual substance but a quality: for there will still be the one beside the many, just as
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A clement breeze, overloaded with the scent of the chokecherry blossoms, eddied around me as I headed to the storage shed.
Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011
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Yet, despite the clement weather and close-knit circle of friends, he is now considering moving to London.
Wolfgang Puck's Kitchen Adventures Jemima Sissons 2011
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The Yankees would move outside at the first sign of clement conditions.
Six Weeks of Spring Training in...New Jersey? Joshua Robinson 2011
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Sofitel Cartagena Santa Clara The colonial patio in Sofitel's Santa Clara hotel Even though much of the jungle is still semi-flooded we soldier on and hire some mules and a guide to take us to the nearest swimming beach La Piscina, located a half-hour walk away when it is more clement, an hour this time.
Navigating Through Colombia Jemima Sissons 2011
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It has been so clement of late it seems likely that if it holds a big if, English producers will better their record 4m-bottle output of 2010.
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Remittance growth is down, global capital flows are slowing and the weather may not be as clement as for the past two years.
Breaking Manila's Cycle of Corruption Philip Bowring 2011
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Sure sucks there were 2 decent Gov cand. in IL clement
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