punishingly
World English Dictionary
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to force (someone) to undergo a penalty or sanction, such as imprisonment, fines, death, etc, for some crime or misdemeanour |
| 2. | (tr) to inflict punishment for (some crime, etc) |
| 3. | (tr) to use or treat harshly or roughly, esp as by overexertion: to punish a horse |
| 4. | informal (tr) to consume (some commodity) in large quantities: to punish the bottle |
| [C14 punisse, from Old French punir, from Latin pūnīre to punish, from poena penalty] | |
| 'punisher | |
| —n | |
| 'punishing | |
| —adj | |
| 'punishingly | |
| —adv | |
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| punishingly | |
adverb | |
| in a punishing manner |
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Punishingly
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
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