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ˈruthlessly, adv. [-ly2.] In a ruthless or remorseless manner; pitilessly.
1586Marlowe 1st Pt. Tamburl. v. ii, And let not Conquest, ruthlessly pursu'd, Be equally against his life incens'd. 1755in Johnson. 1809W. Irving Knickerb. (1861) 107 It came ruthlessly home to those sweet affections that grow close around the heart. 1849J. H. Parker Introd. Gothic Archit. i. 8 These buildings..were ruthlessly destroyed by the barbarians who succeeded them. 1879Froude Cæsar xvi. 261 In this case the limits had been ruthlessly exceeded. |