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punitively

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.59 in modern English

Syllables
puni-tive-ly
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a punitive manner.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English punitive Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English punitively From punitive + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more punitively (comparative) most punitively (superlative)

Derived Forms

nonpunitively

Synonyms

punitorily penally

Questions

What does punitively mean?
In a punitive manner.
Where does punitively come from?
Etymology tree English punitive Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English punitively From punitive + -ly.

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