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Definition of Punishingly
1. Adverb. In a punishing manner.
Definition of Punishingly
1. Adverb. In a punishing way. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Punishingly
Literary usage of Punishingly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Red Fox: The Story of His Adventurous Career in the Ringwaak Wilds and of by Charles George Douglas Roberts (1905)
"They met, indeed, savagely and punishingly enough, near the upper joint of his
fore shoulder. But the next moment his long jaws closed over his assailant's ..."
2. Sustaining the Transition: The Social Safety Net in Postcommunist Europe by Ethan B. Kapstein, Michael Mandelbaum (1997)
"In contrast to capitalism, which was cursed with perpetual unemployment that, in
the 1930s, reached punishingly high levels, Marxism-Leninism guaranteed ..."
3. Human Rights Watch World Report 1998 by Human Rights Watch Staff (1997)
"... Association for Human Rights and a longtime campaigner for Japanese war
reparations to China. Both described punishingly long hours of work in ..."
4. The life of the Lord Jesus Christ, a complete critical examination of the by Johann Peter Lange (1864)
"... and punishingly overcome) in respect of sin, and in respect of righteousness,
and in respect of judgment.' Thus, in the most glorious gradation of His ..."
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