punishingly

Definition of Punishingly in English :

1. punishingly

in a punishing manner

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Punishingly

verb

1.

to force (someone) to undergo a penalty or sanction, such as imprisonment, fines, death, etc, for some crime or misdemeanour

2. (transitive)

to inflict punishment for (some crime, etc)

3. (transitive)

to use or treat harshly or roughly, esp as by overexertion

to punish a horse

4. (transitive) informal

to consume (some commodity) in large quantities

to punish the bottle

verb transitive

1.

to cause to undergo pain, loss, or suffering for a crime or wrongdoing

2.

to impose a penalty on a wrongdoer for (an offense)

3.

to treat harshly or injuriously

the punishing rays of the sun

4. Informal

to consume or use up

verb intransitive

5.

to deal out punishment