chasteninglyadv.
/ˈtʃeɪs(ə)nɪŋli/ In a chastening manner or tone.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [adverb]
snobberlya1300
reprovinglya1382
rebukingly1442
increpatively1483
rebukefully1531
scoldingly1548
chidingly1552
checkinglya1627
reprehensively1631
objurgatorily1659
remonstratingly1829
admonitorily1845
remonstrantly1872
objurgatively1897
chasteningly1901
1901 W. J. Locke Usurper xxiii. 318 ‘The ultimate evolution of swelled-head’, he answered chasteningly.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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adv.1901