单词 | penitentially |
释义 | penitentiallyadv. In a penitential manner; in the manner of a penitent. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > [adverb] repentantlya1555 penitently1561 repentingly1595 compunctually1625 penitentially1648 remorsefully1702 contritely1829 compunctiously1863 society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > penitence > [adverb] repentantlya1555 penitently1561 repentingly1595 compunctually1625 penitentially1648 remorsefully1702 contritely1829 1648 W. Jenkyn Ὁδηγος Τυϕλος iv. 68 You..acknowledge it [sc. the charge] true, though not penitentially, but impudently. 1727 W. Pattison Poet. Wks. I. 169 Now conscious of their Crimes, they view their Fate, And penitentially grow wise too late! 1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 23 97 The soul may be sorrowfully and penitentially sensible of its sins. 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations I. xiii. 210 I am not quite clear whether these articles were carried penitentially or ostentatiously. 1925 V. Woolf Mrs. Dalloway 152 She..shrouds herself..and walks penitentially disguised as brotherly love through factories and parliaments. 2003 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch (Nexis) 19 Dec. 12 She looks both penitentially dowdy and cadaverously gaunt. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1648 |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。