repentant
adjective
repenting; penitent; experiencing repentance.
repentantly
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a word derived from
repentant.
Example Sentences
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It turns out Cole is instead repentantly responsible.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 9, 2012
After V-E day, the gaunt-faced old U-boat commander had dived repentantly, leaving a bubble of advice to his fellow Germans to confess "the crimes committed during the last twelve years."
From Time Magazine Archive
Right after Korea, pound-foolish Louis Johnson had repentantly told the Joint Chiefs to shoot the works.
From Time Magazine Archive
He lowered his hands, and lifted timidly, repentantly, his face to seek pardon.
From Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories by Perceval Gibbon
Well, yes, yes!" she exclaimed, repentantly, "yes, I am in that state ...
From The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 3 by Guy de Maupassant
