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单词 callously
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callouslyadv.

Brit. /ˈkaləsli/, U.S. /ˈkæləsli/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: callous adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < callous adj. + -ly suffix2.
In a callous manner; unfeelingly.
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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).
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