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pitilessly

adverb

  1. in a pitiless manner
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adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English pitiless Middle English -ly English -ly English pitilessly From pitiless + -ly.

  1. In a pitiless manner.

    The simple questions of the tattered man had been knife thrusts to him. They asserted a society that probes pitilessly at secrets until all is apparent.

    They treated the prisoners roughly [...] slashing pitilessly with their whips to drive them as wretched animals before them.