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Definition of Penitentially
1. Adverb. Showing remorse.
Exact synonyms: Penitently, Repentantly
Partainyms: Penitential, Penitent, Repentant
Antonyms: Impenitently, Unrepentantly
Partainyms: Penitential, Penitent, Repentant
Antonyms: Impenitently, Unrepentantly
Definition of Penitentially
1. adv. In a penitential manner.
Definition of Penitentially
1. Adverb. In a penitential manner. ¹
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Definition of Penitentially
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Penitentially
Literary usage of Penitentially
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life and Writings of Thomas Paine by Thomas Paine, Daniel Edwin Wheeler (1908)
"Many a disguised Tory has lately shown his head, that shall penitentially solemnize
with curses the day on which Howe arrived upon the Delaware. ..."
2. Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens (1908)
"While the bridegroom's man, exhausted, in the back of his chair, appears to be
improving the occasion by penitentially contemplating all the wrong he has ..."
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