Contritely

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a contrite manner.

    "Ah, but someone was raising her, so they were going to lay her on the trestles, and she not dead. She opened her eyes, took a deep breath, then limply and contritely placed both arms round Andrew's neck."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a rueful manner wordnet

Synonyms

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humblyremorsefullyremorsefullyruefullysheepishly

Example

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"Ah, but someone was raising her, so they were going to lay her on the trestles, and she not dead. She opened her eyes, took a deep breath, then limply and contritely placed both arms round Andrew's neck."

Etymology

From contrite + -ly.

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