pitilessly en · ADV
Pronunciation
- /ˈpɪ.ti.ləs.li/
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Etymology
Etymology tree English pitiless Middle English -ly English -ly English pitilessly From pitiless + -ly.
Meanings
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In a pitiless manner.
The simple questions of the tattered man had been knife thrusts to him. They asserted a society that probes pitilessly at secrets until all is apparent.
1895 October, Stephen Crane, chapter X, in The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 106:They treated the prisoners roughly [...] slashing pitilessly with their whips to drive them as wretched animals before them.
1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 60:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most pitilessly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more pitilessly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Translations (3)
it crudelmente (in a pitiless manner) · it spietatamente (in a pitiless manner) · it impietosamente (in a pitiless manner)