单词 | callously |
释义 | callouslyadv. In a callous manner; unfeelingly. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > hard-heartedness > [adverb] cruellya1340 unfeelinglyc1374 hard-heartedly1583 callously1756 heartlessly1806 cold-bloodedly1838 unsympathizingly1856 unsympathetically1860 the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adverb] > callously or hard-heartedly hard-heartedly1583 callously1756 unfeelingly1768 heartlessly1806 flintily1879 stonily1899 hard-boiledly1920 1756 Ess. on Times 48 They..remain callously proof against the consciousness of those calamities. 1803 W. H. Turner Ess. Subj. Misc. Lit. 3 Let not the father of a family, when he discovers in one of his boys..a temper callously insensible..pronounce that he will make a most excellent parson! 1870 Daily Tel. 7 Oct. When they died she callously got rid of their bodies as best she could. 1926 Boys' Life Aug. 32/3 ‘Don't worry none about that, Bud,’ the man returned callously. ‘His head's a heap too hard to be dented by a club.’ 1972 C. Beaton Diary 28 May in Self Portrait with Friends (1979) xxviii. 413 I woke early to hear Lilia Ralli's familiar chirp announcing the death of the Duke of Windsor. I felt callously indifferent. 2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 20 Oct. a27/5 People who behave kindly on a sunny day may behave callously the next day. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1756 |
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