Ruthlessly
['ru:θlisli]
Definition
(adv.) in a ruthless manner; 'the government has been urged to take immediate action to deal ruthlessly with the strikers'.
Checked by Laurie--From WordNet
Examples
- So, with Spartan firmness, the young authoress laid her first-born on her table, and chopped it up as ruthlessly as any ogre. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Most men ruthlessly destroy the sacred veil, with which the female heart is wont to adorn the idol of its affections. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Device after device, relating to some part of the entire system, was designed, built, and tried, only to be rejected ruthlessly as being unsuitable; but the pursuit was not abandoned. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The Inquisition did its work ruthlessly. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
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