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Punishingly
see synonyms of punishinglyAdverb
1. punishingly
in a punishing manner
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Punishingly
see synonyms of punishinglyverb
1.
to force (someone) to undergo a penalty or sanction, such as imprisonment, fines, death, etc, for some crime or misdemeanour
2. (transitive)
to inflict punishment for (some crime, etc)
3. (transitive)
to use or treat harshly or roughly, esp as by overexertion
to punish a horse
4. (transitive) informal
to consume (some commodity) in large quantities
to punish the bottle
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Punishingly
see synonyms of punishingly verb transitive
1.
to cause to undergo pain, loss, or suffering for a crime or wrongdoing
2.
to impose a penalty on a wrongdoer for (an offense)
3.
to treat harshly or injuriously
the punishing rays of the sun
4. Informal
to consume or use up
verb intransitive
5.
to deal out punishment
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