adv
Meaning 1
In a cruel manner; with cruelty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
cruelly
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈkɹuːəli/
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/ˈkɹuːli/
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rhymes with -uːli
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CMU ARPABET: K R UW1 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
To a degree that is cruel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
excessively
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a cruelly bitter winter
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adverb
Meaning 4
with cruelty
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he treated his students cruelly
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English cruelly; equivalent to cruel + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: cruelment — in a cruel manner
- Chinese Mandarin: 殘忍地 /残忍地 (cánrěn de) — in a cruel manner
- Chinese Mandarin: 無情地 /无情地 (wúqíng de) — in a cruel manner
- Chinese Mandarin: 殘酷地 /残酷地 (cánkù de) — in a cruel manner
- Finnish: raa’asti — in a cruel manner
- Finnish: julmasti — in a cruel manner
- French: cruellement — in a cruel manner
- Galician: cruelmente — in a cruel manner
- German: grausam — in a cruel manner
- Hungarian: kegyetlenül — in a cruel manner
- Italian: crudelmente — in a cruel manner
- Latin: crūdēliter — in a cruel manner
- Middle English: cruelly — in a cruel manner
- Old English: wælhrēowlīċe — in a cruel manner
- Old Galician-Portuguese: cruamente — in a cruel manner
- Polish: okrutnie — in a cruel manner
- Polish: bezwzględnie — in a cruel manner
- Portuguese: cruelmente — in a cruel manner
- Russian: жесто́ко (žestóko) — in a cruel manner
- Spanish: sangrientamente — in a cruel manner
- Spanish: cruelmente — in a cruel manner