Both Uses of
lenient
in
The Good Earth
- In these parts, where Wang Lung had lived all his life and his father and his father's father had lived upon the land, there were famines once in five years or so, or if the gods were lenient, once in seven or eight or even ten years.†
Chpt 17 *
- Then the merchant, being a lenient and kindly man, replied, "Well, and if this is how it is, let the maid come and I will speak to my son's mother, and she can come and be safe here in the courts with her mother-in-law, and after the next harvest or so, she can be wed.†
Chpt 27
Definition:
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(lenient) less strict or more tolerant than might be expected