Contritely in a sentence as an adverb

Put more contritely, there is a reason indentured servitude is not legal.

The NYTimes would not likely publish nor Kalanick contritely move to investigate so thoroughly if it were so easy to repudiate her claims as hearsay. We'll know in short order as the company rushes to save face.

I didn't have to go through the posted link for long to find people reacting as though this was more than a slippery ***** issue: > But instead to react professionally and contritely you made it worse to stamp on the shards to make sure no useful piece of trust will survive. > I've just de-installed the Duckduckgo app and also won't be using their search engine anymore.

If they thought he was worth keeping, it would have been very easy to defend him against this ancient article, especially since his classy exit shows him to be willing to contritely say the right things now. If you're saying that Boeing is out of control, I agree, although firing some exec for being passionately sexist at one time in his life doesn't rank on the list of their sins imo.

Contritely definitions

adverb

in a rueful manner; "`I made a big mistake,' he said ruefully"

See also: ruefully remorsefully