compunctious

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“I can never, never thank you enough,” she said, and held out to him a hand that somehow pleased him, and made him compunctious at the same time—such a white, slender, gentlewoman’s hand it was.

From In the Mist of the Mountains by Macfarlane, J.

Her tears had fallen now, but she had no compunctious self-deception, and her long-framed feelings were only complicated, not really altered.

From Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories by Ashe, Elizabeth

“Oh, Mrs. Hawthorne, I beg of you not to feel homesick!” he cried, compunctious and really eager.

From Aurora the Magnificent by Brownell, Gertrude Hall

As to the reports, that on his deathbed he had something like compunctious visitings of conscience with regard to his deistical writings and opinions, they are altogether groundless.

From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England by Conway, Moncure Daniel

My daughter! my daughter!" followed by the compunctious "God!

From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman