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PITILESSLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pitilessly mean?
• PITILESSLY (adverb)
The adverb PITILESSLY has 1 sense:
1. without pity; in a merciless manner
Familiarity information: PITILESSLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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:
pitiless (without mercy or pity)
Context examples
He is a good and a great man; but he forgets, pitilessly, the feelings and claims of little people, in pursuing his own large views.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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