contritely

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.10 in modern English

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adv

"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 tree Latin conterō Latin contrītusder. Old French contritbor. Middle English contrit English contrite Middle English -ly English -ly English contritely From contrite + -ly.

more contritely (comparative) most contritely (superlative)

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What does contritely mean?

In a contrite manner.

Where does contritely come from?

Etymology tree Latin conterō Latin contrītusder. Old French contritbor. Middle English contrit English contrite Middle English -ly English -ly English contritely From contrite + -ly.

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