penally, adv.
(ˈpiːnəlɪ)
[f. as prec. + -ly2.]
In a penal manner.
† 1. Painfully, severely. Obs.
| c 1450 tr. De Imitatione iii. xxx. 99 Þese miseries þat penaly greueþ þe soule of þy seruant. |
2. In the way of punishment or penalty. (In quot. 1651, ? Under a penalty.)
| 1647 Trapp Comm. Rev. xviii. 2 They have fallen culpably, and shall fall penally. 1651 Biggs New Disp. ¶26 Though charity towards our neighbour be pœnally commanded. 1690 South Serm. (1697) II. vii. 283 The State, and Condition penally consequent upon these Sinners. 1827 G. S. Faber Sacr. Calend. Prophecy (1844) I. 119 Penally given up to this second Little Horn by reason of the Apostasy in question. 1885 Law Times Rep. LII. 359/1 The respondent ought not to be affected penally by the omission of the board to take the prescribed steps. |
So ˈpenalness, ‘liableness to a penalty’.
| 1727 Bailey, vol. II. |