penally

1. 1.

   in a punishing manner

   Synonymspunitivelypunitorily

Questions about penally

What does penally mean?

penally means "in a punishing manner".

How many syllables are in penally?

penally has 3 syllables and divides as pe-nal-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for penally?

Close synonyms include punitively, punitorily. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is penally a common word?

penally is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.