punitively

副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. In a punitive manner.
    — Hospital staff or caretaking relatives may find sexual concerns humorous, disgusting, embarrassing; they are bound to react punitively to any signs of homosexuality or affectational same-sex relationship.

词形变化

more punitively comparative most punitively superlative

词源

Etymology tree
English punitive
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English punitively
From punitive + -ly.
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