repentantly
- 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
Right after Korea, pound-foolish Louis Johnson had repentantly told the Joint Chiefs to shoot the works.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
"I ain't very good," said Chester repentantly, "but I'll try to be, Miss Salome—honest, I will."
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
He lowered his hands, and lifted timidly, repentantly, his face to seek pardon.
From Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories by Gibbon, Perceval
