compunctiously

With compunction; guiltily or regretfully.

Adverb

  1. With compunction; guiltily or regretfully.

    Synonyms: guiltylike nocently ruefully sorrowfully bang to rights blameworthily compunctiously dead to rights guiltily red-handedly

Origin

From compunctious + -ly.

Forms

more compunctiously most compunctiously

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