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cold-heartedly
adverb
disapproving(alsocoldheartedly)uk /ˌkəʊldˈhɑː.tɪd.li/ us /ˌkoʊldˈhɑːr.t̬ɪd.li/
in a way that shows no understanding or feeling for another person's suffering :
How could she argue with someone who was so cold-heartedly ruthless?
Ordinary citizens were outraged at a nation that could cold-heartedly attack a peaceful passenger ship.
He was by turns sycophantic and coldheartedly treacherous.
The average citizen tends to be less cold-heartedly rational than the average health-care expert.
The government has coldheartedly cut the scheme which protects the savings of low-income earners.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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acerbically
acerbity
acidly
anti-cruelty
cruel
cruelly
cruelty
cruelty to someone/something
cutthroat
meanness
mental cruelty
merciless
mercilessly
mordant
trenchant
trenchantly
uncharitable
uncharitably
unchristian
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