What is another word for contritely?

Pronunciation: [kəntɹˈɪtli] (IPA)

Usage examples for Contritely

"Sorry you should be afflicted that way, sir," said Dale contritely.
"The Devil's Garden"
W. B. Maxwell
"Kenton," contritely admitted the other, "I never happened to think of it."
"A Fearful Responsibility and Other Stories"
William D. Howells
I reckoned you knew it, Miss Jinny," Robinson added contritely.
"The Crisis, Volume 7"
Winston Churchill

Famous quotes with Contritely

  • He remembered the dissolute adventures in which his senses, his nervous system and his mind had indulged; he saw himself corroded by irony and intellect, laid waste and paralyzed by insight, almost exhausted by the fevers and chills of creation, helplessly and contritely tossed to and fro between gross extremes, between saintly austerity and lust — oversophisticated and impoverished, worn out by cold, rare artificial ecstasies, lost, ravaged, racked and sick — and he sobbed with remorse and nostalgia.
    Thomas Mann

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