Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- With repentance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb With repentance; penitently.
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- adverb With
repentance ;penitently .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Who has not heard some one say, repentingly, “If I had taken a second, sober thought I would not have done it.”
The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, May, 1880 Various
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Lianor bent down, and kissed his brow, lovingly -- repentingly.
Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective Or, The Crime of the Midnight Express A. Frank [pseud.] Pinkerton
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Greene offers his own wretched end to his colleagues as a warning example; admonishing them to employ their 'rare wits in more profitable courses;' to look repentingly on the past; to leave off profane practices, and not 'to spend their wits in making plaies.'
Shakspere and Montaigne Jacob Feis
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I did not know why this was so, myself, so I only shook my head and sighed, repentingly.
The Hermit Of ——— Street 1898 Anna Katharine Green 1890
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Now the young daughter of Udaijin had been remaining repentingly in the mansion of her father since the events of the stormy evening.
Japanese Literature Including Selections from Genji Monogatari and Classical Poetry and Drama of Japan Various 1880
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But do they acknowledge it humbly and repentingly, as with a consciousness of sin?
Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes Ira Mayhew 1854
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23: Demetrius repentingly admits that it was from envy he had ill-treated Horace, because 'he kept better company for the most part than I, better men loved him than loved me; and his writings thrived better than mine, and were better liked and graced.'
Shakspere and Montaigne Jacob Feis
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It must be openly confessed -- repentingly admitted, -- He will NOT find faith even in the Church He founded, -- I say it to our shame! "
The Master-Christian Marie Corelli 1889
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