Definitions for cruelly
cru·el·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cruellyadverb

   excessively

   "a cruelly bitter winter"

2. cruellyadverb

   with cruelty

   "he treated his students cruelly"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cruellyadverb

   In a cruel manner.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cruellyadverb

   In a cruel manner; inhumanly; barbarously.

   Etymology: from cruel.

   He relies upon a broken reed, that not only basely fails, but also cruelly pierces the hand that rests upon it. Robert South, Sermon.

   Since you deny him entrance, he demands
   His wife, whom cruelly you hold in bands. John Dryden, Aurengz.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cruelly

   Cruelty is the pleasure in inflicting suffering or inaction towards another's suffering when a clear remedy is readily available. Sadism can also be related to this form of action or concept. Cruel ways of inflicting suffering may involve violence, but affirmative violence is not necessary for an act to be cruel. For example, if a person is drowning and begging for help and another person is able to help with no cost or risk, but is merely watching with disinterest or perhaps mischievous amusement, that person is being cruel—rather than violent. George Eliot stated that "cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside itself; it only requires opportunity." Bertrand Russell stated that "the infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is why they invented Hell." Gilbert K. Chesterton stated that "cruelty is, perhaps, the worst kind of sin. Intellectual cruelty is certainly the worst kind of cruelty."The word has metaphorical uses, for example, "The cliffs remained cruel." (i.e., unclimbable when they desperately needed to be climbed) in The Lord of the Rings.

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1. cruelly

   Cruelly is an adverb that describes acting in a manner causing pain, suffering, or distress to others, often with indifference or pleasure. It implies ruthlessness, harshness, or a lack of care or consideration for the feelings or well-being of others.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cruellyadverb

   in a cruel manner

2. Cruellyadverb

   extremely; very

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cruelly in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cruelly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of cruelly in a Sentence

1. State John Kerry:

   The United States is praying and grieving with you for the loved ones of those cruelly taken from us, including Americans, and for the many who were injured in these despicable attacks, the United States stands firmly with Belgium and with the nations of Europe in the face of this tragedy.

2. William Shakespeare:

   Pity is the virture of the law, and none but tyrants use it cruelly.

3. Sheriff Chad Chronister:

   This tribute to Sgt. Brian LeVigne is one that will be ever present to anyone that comes into contact with K-9 Roy. While we continue to heal as an agency after losing Sergeant LeVigne, I know that K-9 Roy will be a constant reminder of the life that was cruelly taken from us.

4. Roseanne Barr:

   It wasn't enough to just do what they did to me, they had to so cruelly insult the people who loved that family and that show.

5. Charles Cooley:

   One who shows signs of mental aberration is, inevitably, perhaps, but cruelly, shut off from familiar, thoughtless intercourse, partly excommunicated; his isolation is unwittingly proclaimed to him on every countenance by curiosity, indifference, aversion, or pity, and in so far as he is human enough to need free and equal communication and feel the lack of it, he suffers pain and loss of a kind and degree which others can only faintly imagine, and for the most part ignore.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=cruelly
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cruelly
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=cruelly
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruelly
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cruelly
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=cruelly