Usually means: Inflicting punishment, often excessively harsh.
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  1. punitively: Merriam-Webster
  2. punitively: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. punitively: Collins English Dictionary
  4. punitively: Vocabulary.com
  5. punitively: Wordnik
  6. punitively: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. punitively: Wiktionary
  8. punitively: Dictionary.com
  9. punitively: Rhymezone
  10. punitively: FreeDictionary.org
  11. punitively: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. punitively: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. punitively: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. punitively: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (punitively)

▸ adverb:  In a punitive manner.

Similar:
penally, punitorily, unpunishingly, punishingly, nonpunitively, vindictively, punishably, retributively, retaliatorily, imprecatorily, more...

Opposite:
leniently, mercifully, compassionately

Types:
fine, jail, probation, community service, restitution, parole, more...

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Similar:
penally, punitorily, unpunishingly, punishingly, nonpunitively, vindictively, punishably, retributively, retaliatorily, imprecatorily, more...

Opposite:
leniently, mercifully, compassionately

Types:
fine, jail, probation, community service, restitution, parole, more...



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