heartlessly
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6.1
- adverb
- /ˈhɑrtləsli/
- She heartlessly ignored the pleas of those in need.
- so heartlessly
Examples
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Striking miners in South Africa are demanding a big raise and heartlessly resisting when the bosses beg them to be reasonable and go back to work.
Blog text (8) -
The real story is that the politicians and their plutocrat masters picked up the goalposts and heartlessly moved them.
Blog text (29) -
But the camera is heartlessly objective.
Fiction book (1996) -
I don't use the term "failing school," which heartlessly brands the students and the rest of the school community as failing.
Blog text (28) -
I laugh heartlessly.
Fiction book (1995) -
To be clear, Africans were heartlessly pushed off the best lands in Zimbabwe by the more powerful whites.
Academic text (2000) -
There is a scene where Jude finds himself staring at his new wife, Arabella, as she heartlessly guts a pig, and he wonders how in the world he managed to wind up with her.
Blog text (31) -
At the very least, it seems heartlessly unjust for professionals who design and direct long-term care programs to distance themselves from their effects on the lives of the consumers, while making the most poorly paid and least well-trained workers bear witness to the human burden of public long-term care policies.
Academic text (1994) -
The manager heartlessly fired employees without any notice.
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They heartlessly turned away the homeless man seeking shelter.
Synonyms
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6.4
In a way that shows no pity
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7.7
In a way that shows no care for other people's feelings
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8.4
In a calm, cruel way without feeling sorry
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8.1
In a way that shows no pity for others
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5.0
In a calm way that does not show feelings
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8.0
In a cold, unfriendly way that shows no feeling
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7.6
In a way that shows no pity or mercy
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4.1
In a way that makes someone feel sad or in pain
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7.3
In a way that shows no interest or energy
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6.8
In a cold, unfriendly way that shows no feeling
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6.6
Without showing care for someone's feelings
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6.9
Without showing any feeling
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7.5
In a way that does not show care or kindness
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8.0
In a way that shows no feeling or human warmth, like a machine
Antonyms
How Compassionate
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3.0
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1.0
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4.4
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6.1
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3.0
- NSFW
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7.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word heartlessly comes from heart, the part of the body people often name as the place of feelings, plus -less meaning 'without' and -ly which shows 'how' something is done. So heartlessly means 'without heart', which is why it describes actions done without pity or kindness.