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Meaning of "retributively" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RETRIBUTIVELY

retributively  [rɪˈtrɪbjʊtɪvlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RETRIBUTIVELY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Retributively is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES RETRIBUTIVELY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of retributively in the English dictionary

The definition of retributively in the dictionary is as retribution; so as to exact vengeance.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RETRIBUTIVELY


alternatively
ɔːlˈtɜːnətɪvlɪ
attributively
əˈtrɪbjʊtɪvlɪ
collectively
kəˈlektɪvlɪ
connotively
kəˈnəʊtɪvlɪ
consecutively
kənˈsɛkjʊtɪvlɪ
contributively
kənˈtrɪbjʊtɪvlɪ
diminutively
dɪˈmɪnjʊtɪvlɪ
distributively
dɪsˈtrɪbjʊtɪvlɪ
effectively
ɪˈfɛktɪvlɪ
emotively
ɪˈməʊtɪvlɪ
executively
ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtɪvlɪ
inconsecutively
ˌɪnkənˈsekjʊtɪvlɪ
inductively
ɪnˈdʌktɪvlɪ
locomotively
ˌləʊkəˈməʊtɪvlɪ
negatively
ˈneɡətɪvlɪ
positively
ˈpɒzɪtɪvlɪ
relatively
ˈrɛlətɪvlɪ
respectively
rɪˈspɛktɪvlɪ
selectively
sɪˈlɛktɪvlɪ
votively
ˈvəʊtɪvlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RETRIBUTIVELY

retrench
retrenchable
retrenchment
retrial
retribute
retribution
retributive
retributor
retributory
retried
retries
retrievability
retrievable
retrievableness
retrievably
retrieval
retrieve
retrievement
retriever
retrim

WORDS THAT END LIKE RETRIBUTIVELY

actively
aggressively
collaboratively
competitively
comprehensively
creatively
cumulatively
definitively
excessively
exclusively
extensively
intuitively
lively
lovely
massively
objectively
progressively
qualitatively
quantitatively
successively
tentatively

Synonyms and antonyms of retributively in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «retributively» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RETRIBUTIVELY

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The translations of retributively from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «retributively» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

retributively
1,325 millions of speakers

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retributively
570 millions of speakers

English

retributively
510 millions of speakers

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retributively
380 millions of speakers
ar

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retributively
280 millions of speakers

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retributively
278 millions of speakers

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retributively
270 millions of speakers

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retributively
260 millions of speakers

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retributively
220 millions of speakers

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Secara berturut-turut
190 millions of speakers

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retributively
180 millions of speakers

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retributively
130 millions of speakers

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retributively
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Retributively
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

retributively
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

retributively
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रतिकारशक्तीने
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

retributively
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

retributively
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

retributively
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

retributively
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

retributively
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανταποδοτικά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

retributively
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

retributively
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

retributively
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of retributively

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RETRIBUTIVELY»

The term «retributively» is used very little and occupies the 157.920 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RETRIBUTIVELY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about retributively

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RETRIBUTIVELY»

Discover the use of retributively in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to retributively and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Accountability for Collective Wrongdoing
Collective sanctions present two “basic problems” for Heller: [1] in order to be retributively just, sanctions would have to be imposed using the same liberal- legalist procedures that paralyze international criminal trials; [and] [2] only retributively ...
Tracy Isaacs, Richard Vernon, 2011
2
Judging and Understanding: Essays on Free Will, Narrative, ...
To punish retributively, as construed here, is not to base punishment on how bad a person is, but rather on how wrong her behaviour was. Now, one might still suspect that retributive censure can indirectly express something about the worth of ...
Dr Pedro A Tabensky, 2012
3
On What Matters: Volume Two
We should agree that, since Blue has not committed any crime, Blue's punishment could not be retributively just. But that does not show that, as Anscombe also claims, such a punishment would be unjust. Anscombe's remarks imply that (P) If ...
Derek Parfit, 2013
4
In Harm's Way: Essays in Honor of Joel Feinberg
But they are not retributively hateful. So people such as Stephens or Devlin want to add a quite different class of conduct to the class of retributive grievances Feinberg advocates as the source of criminality. The fact that the two classes of ...
Jules L. Coleman, Allen Buchanan, 2007
5
The Morality of Punishment (Routledge Revivals): With Some ...
Surely in a case like that it would be our plain duty to inflict not the punishment that was retributively just but the other, milder punishment. It is surely far more desirable that the criminal should be reformed than that he should suffer the exact ...
Alfred C Ewing, 2013
6
Foundations of Economic Analysis of Law
is $1,000,000, but the retributively best punishment is by hypothesis higher, such as $2,000,000. A closely related reason why the retributive punishment might exceed the economically appropriate one has to do not with the proportionality ...
Steven Shavell, 2009
7
Indian Ethics: Classical Traditions and Contemporary Challenges
The belief that a gross injustice has been done retributively causes, in the believing individual or group, the urge to get the injustice undone. This urge makes the believers agitational, sometimes in a natural way and sometimes because of ...
Purusottama Bilimoria, Joseph Prabhu, Renuka M. Sharma, 2007
8
Punishment, Danger and Stigma: The Morality of Criminal Justice
If we turn to codes which are completely silent about penalties must we then say that people who are intentionally made to suffer for breaches of them are not being retributively punished? This certainly seems to be what we feel about ...
Nigel Walker, 1980
9
Handbook of Justice Research in Law
However, with respect to legal procedures we are very often interested in their ability to produce distributively just and retributively just outcomes. People are less likely to comply with outcomes perceived to be distributively or retributively ...
Joseph Sanders, V. Lee Hamilton, 2001
10
Nature and the Supernatural: As Together Constituting the ...
Nature is unnature, when her causes are acting retributively — they are not, in such cases, discontinued, or thrown out of their law ; but they act, in their law and under it, as perfectly and systematically as ever. The unnaturalness of our present ...
Horace Bushnell, 1858

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RETRIBUTIVELY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term retributively is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Today's letters: My life, my right to choose
... End Of The Schabas Charade, Anne Bayefsky, Feb. 4. William Schabas' candle has now flickered for the last time. Retributively, his death was self-induced. «National Post, Feb 15»
2
Depression and suicide prevention must be top of the agenda this …
Societies have developed around these expectations, and hardwired around these norms with for instance a justice system, a retributively punitive one with a ... «The Stringer, Sep 14»
3
NRLC removes Georgia Right to Life's affiliation for being too pro-life
... to defend the unborn but were retributively punished for standing up for their ... So you believe it is right and good for NRLC to retributively kick out Georgia ... «Live Action News, Mar 14»
4
Malala Yousafzai warns Barack Obama against Pakistan drone attacks
Malala Yousafzai, the girl who defied Taliban orders not to go to school which resulted in her being retributively shot by the group, has met with US president ... «Metro, Oct 13»
5
From 9/11 to Syria: A Theology of Retribution
In fact, I am not even sure people know what it means to act in a reconciliatory manner, as opposed to retributively, when referring to seeking justice for a violent ... «Onislam.net, Sep 13»
6
Wall Street's greatest enemy: The man who knows too much
The insult on top of injury comes from Bank of America retributively seeking monetary damages from him. It filed in Superior Court to recoup roughly $65,000, ... «Salon, Aug 13»
7
Netas vs Shobhaa De: no regrets for threats, sexist remarks
Mr Rane tweeted retributively, "Rather than twitter, Shoba De shud say the same thing on the streets of Mumbai openly after which she won't be left with any ... «NDTV, Aug 13»
8
Django Unchained: Restorative Justice -- Who We Are, Who We …
Regardless of whether they put themselves in a forward-looking category, nearly everyone (97 percent) acted retributively. "The reasons people give for their ... «Huffington Post, Jan 13»
9
Valjean and Javert: The Two Christianities of Les Miserables
The way that many Christians understand divine justice retributively makes "justification by faith" merely a substitute for works-righteousness rather than a ... «Huffington Post, Jan 13»
10
Zim Villagers Warned Limbs Will Be Cut Off
One of the Zanu (PF) supporters, Denius Tembo, who castigated his party is said to have been retributively assaulted that same afternoon by the Zanu (PF) youth ... «RadioVop, Nov 12»

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« EDUCALINGO. Retributively [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/retributively>. May 2024 ».
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