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Definition of "penitently" [pen•i•tent•ly]

  • In a penitent manner. (adverb)

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Use "penitently" in a sentence
  • "I want to know if I submit the same article to sites like mixx, digg, yahoo news and so on that use "ONLY" snippets of my article linking back to my site as the source for the rest, would I get any kind of penitently from Google?"
  • "Or was she penitently striving to make amends for the unmerited harshness she had dealt him?"
  • "Our waitress, a penitently failed vegan, said this was her favorite dish and refused to charge us for it when we begged to differ."