penitentlyadv.
/ˈpɛnᵻt(ə)ntli/, U.S. /ˈpɛnədən(t)li/, /ˈpɛnətn(t)li/ In a penitent manner; repentantly, contritely.
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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
1561 in D. H. Fleming Reg. Christian Congregation St. Andrews (1889) I. 82 That I maye cum befoyr the hayll congregacion and thar penetenle mak ane oppyn amendis for the offence..committed be me heirintyll.
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1170/1 The sayd Baynham..to submitte hym selfe penitently to the iudgement of the Churche.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iv. ii. 142 Hath he borne himselfe penitently in prison? View more context for this quotation
1693 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) III. 100 Capt. Winter was yesterday executed:..He died very penitently.
1806 R. B. Sheridan Let. 13 Nov. (1966) II. 302 He..on their account very penitently implores my forgiveness.
1864 E. B. Pusey Daniel viii–ix. 486 He, Whom they first pierced and then penitently gazed on, was God.
1908 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables xx. 227 ‘Oh, I'm so sorry,’ said Anne penitently.
1987 A. S. Byatt Sugar 8 No one wrote lines, or sat through detentions, or penitently scrubbed washroom floors.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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