cruelly

Meaning

In a cruel manner.

Synonyms

brutally

ruthlessly

viciously

mercilessly

heartlessly

savagely

unkindly

without mercy

harshly

barbarously

bestially

ferociously

bloodily

hard

bitterly

inhumanly

malevolently

meanly

murderously

obnoxiously

oppressively

pitilessly

poignantly

rawly

rigidly

severely

sharply

shitty

sorely

terrible

tyrannically

unfeelingly

unmercifully

unsympathetically

without pity

atrociously

unwelcomely

bad

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brutishly

callously

crappy

evilly

fiercely

grievously

grimly

harmfully

in cold blood

inconsiderately

indecently

inflexibly

Translations

cruellement

cruelmente

grausam

crudelmente

cruelment

atrociter

misericorditer

cruelmente

crudeliter

truculenter

beestachtig

crudèlament

بقسوة

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɹuːəli/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: cruelly

In summary

From Middle English cruelly; equivalent to cruel + -ly.