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heartlessly
adverb
uk /ˈhɑːt.ləs.li/ us /ˈhɑːrt.ləs.li/
in a way that is cruel and shows that you do not care about others:
The bank heartlessly foreclosed on the elderly lady's home after she struggled to come up with her last payment.
After the employees were laid off, they were given an hour to pack their belongings and then swiftly and heartlessly escorted from the building.
His parents heartlessly told him that he would have to give away the puppy.
The kids spent all day building a snowman, and then some jerk heartlessly destroyed it in the middle of the night.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Unkind, cruel & unfeeling
acerbic
acerbically
acerbity
acidly
anti-cruelty
cold-heartedly
cruel
cruelly
cruelty
cruelty to someone/something
meanness
mental cruelty
merciless
mercilessly
mordant
trenchant
trenchantly
uncharitable
uncharitably
unchristian
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