Synonyms for cruelly
cru·el·ly

Princeton's WordNet

1. cruellyadverb

   excessively

   "a cruelly bitter winter"

2. cruellyadverb

   with cruelty

   "he treated his students cruelly"

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1. cruellynoun

   Synonyms:
   inhumanity, implacability, severity, atrocity, pitilessness

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1. List of paraphrases for "cruelly":

   callously, brutally, sorely

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How to use cruelly in a sentence?

1. William Shakespeare:

   Pity is the virture of the law, and none but tyrants use it cruelly.

2. Will MacAskill:

   If you care about animal welfare and the environment, the two are just almost the opposite of each other because the more efficiently you can farm animals, the lower the carbon emissions but the more cruelly you treat the animals.

3. Roseanne Barr:

   It wasn't enough to just do what they did to me, they had to so cruelly insult the people who loved that family and that show.

4. Sheriff Chad Chronister:

   This tribute to Sgt. Brian LeVigne is one that will be ever present to anyone that comes into contact with K-9 Roy. While we continue to heal as an agency after losing Sergeant LeVigne, I know that K-9 Roy will be a constant reminder of the life that was cruelly taken from us.

5. Michael J. Fox:

   One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered.