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remorselessly

adverb

  1. unrepentantly/cruelly (without feeling guilt/regret)
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adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English remorseless Middle English -ly English -ly English remorselessly From remorseless + -ly.

  1. Without remorse; in a remorseless manner.

    Occasionally you might have beheld us chasing up scores of Dorkings,—which had been our admiration for the twelvemonth, and massacreing them remorselessly for the public good: our turkeys and geese, too, were in continual jeopardy of their lives. But,—these Thuggish propensities notwithstanding, we took a paternal interest in our feathered family.

    The quack abortionist, with “a little knowledge,” impudently, remorselessly, and secretly employs his craft for filthy lucre’s sake, perpetrating one crime to conceal another, at which science and charity blush.