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cruelly, adv.|ˈkruːɪlɪ|
[f. cruel a. + -ly2.]
In a cruel manner, with cruelty.
1. With indifference to or delight in another's suffering.
a1340Hampole Psalter ix. 31 Cruelly he lokes in þaim. c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 98 Þei pursuen more and cruelliere. c1450Mirour Saluacioun 3957 Absolon toke on boldnesse to slee his brothere cruwelly. 1568Grafton Chron. II. 197 Robbed and brent the Countrie most cruelly. 1653H. Cogan tr. Pinto's Trav. xxii. 77 They were cruelly detained in prison. 1790Burke Fr. Rev. 106 These two gentlemen..were cruelly and publickly dragged to the block, and beheaded. 1845M. Pattison Ess. (1889) I. 28 He..was cruelly beaten by the soldiers.
†2. Fiercely, savagely. Obs.
1375Barbour Bruce xvii. 144 The yngliss men faucht cruelly. c1470Henry Wallace iv. 449 Wallace and his went cruelly thaim agayne. a1533Ld. Berners Huon lxvii. 230 They all fought cruelly. 1598W. Phillips tr. Linschoten in Arb. Garner III. 16 These two fleets meeting together, fought most cruelly.
†3. Severely, rigorously, sharply. Obs.
c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode iv. xix. (1869) 185 We sende þee..þat..þou hurtle alle þilke so cruelliche [tres-durement] þat hauen here hoodes wrong turned. 1535Coverdale Ezek. xxiv. 17 A greate vengeaunce will I take vpon them, and punysh them cruelly. 1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. i. (1586) 15 The Bayliffe must beware that he deale not to cruelly, nor to gently with them.
4. Painfully, sorely; excessively.
c1385Chaucer L.G.W. Prol. 340 Thou shalt repenten this So cruelly, that it shal wele be sene. 1599Shakes. Hen. V, v. ii. 216 But good Kate, mocke me mercifully, the rather..because I loue thee cruelly. 1653H. Cogan tr. Pinto's Trav. ii. 4 Their ship being shot through and through..and cruelly battered all over. 1780F. Burney Diary May, Mrs. Montagu we miss cruelly. 1782― Lett. Feb., We had waited cruelly for the coach. 1885Manch. Exam. 6 Apr. 5/2 The weather this Eastertide is bright, but cruelly dry and cold. |