MERCILESSLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mercilessly mean? 

• MERCILESSLY (adverb)
  The adverb MERCILESSLY has 1 sense:

1. without pity; in a merciless manner

  Familiarity information: MERCILESSLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MERCILESSLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Without pity; in a merciless manner

Synonyms:

mercilessly; pitilessly; remorselessly; unmercifully

Context example:

he was mercilessly trounced by his opponent in the House

Pertainym:

merciless (having or showing no mercy)

 Context examples 

As he spoke he fearlessly patted the head he had so mercilessly pounded, and though Buck’s hair involuntarily bristled at touch of the hand, he endured it without protest.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

The little tailor at last lost all patience, and drew a piece of cloth from the hole under his work-table, and saying: “Wait, and I will give it to you,” struck it mercilessly on them.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Everything else was unchanged, the sun still shining mercilessly on the steaming marsh and the tall pinnacle of the mountain, and I could scarce persuade myself that murder had been actually done and a human life cruelly cut short a moment since before my eyes.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Then the rope tightened mercilessly, while Buck struggled in a fury, his tongue lolling out of his mouth and his great chest panting futilely.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)