What part of speech is penitently?

Penitently can be categorized as an adverb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. penitently is an adverb.

Inflections

Adjective to adverb

  • Adjective
    Adverb
  • penitently
  • adjective: penitent 
  • adverb: penitently

What does penitently mean?

Definitions

Adverb

penitently - showing remorse

Examples of penitently

#   Sentence  
1. adv. A young woman most penitently confessed to a friend of mine that an unholy desire to read women's magazines was her besetting 'temptation'.
2. adv. "Oh, I'm so sorry," said Anne penitently.
Sentence  
adv.
A young woman most penitently confessed to a friend of mine that an unholy desire to read women's magazines was her besetting 'temptation'.
"Oh, I'm so sorry," said Anne penitently.

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