mercilessly

English

Etymology

merciless +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɜːsɪləslɪ/

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Adverb

mercilessly (comparative more mercilessly, superlative most mercilessly)

1. In a merciless manner.

   She mercilessly read off the list of his wrongs in front of their friends.

   • 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 198:

     Therefore he whacked the old nigger mercilessly, while a big crowd of his people watched him, thunderstruck[.]

Translations

in a merciless manner

• Catalan: despietadament (ca)
• Czech: nemilosrdně
• French: sans pitité
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀνελεημόνως (aneleēmónōs)

• Polish: bezlitośnie (pl), bezpardonowo
• Spanish: despiadadamente (es)
• Swedish: skoningslöst (sv)
• Turkish: acımasızca (tr), acımasızcasına (tr), zalimce (tr), zalimcesine, zalimane (tr)