retributively
- a word derived from retribution.
- a word derived from retributive.
Example Sentences
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And presently he was reading aloud from the letter in the "Post," reading retributively; one swingeing phrase after another.
From V. V.'s Eyes by Harrison, Henry Sydnor
Her plaintiveness seemed to wrap you round, and damp you, and chill you to the bone, like a Scotch mist, and when used retributively was felt—by her husband, at all events—to be very terrible.
From That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 by Trollope, Frances Eleanor
But it does not punish sin retributively as sin, nor even medicinally.
From Moral Philosophy by Rickaby, Joseph , S. J.
