"cruelly" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˈkɹuːəli/, /ˈkɹuːli/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cruelly.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more cruelly [comparative], most cruelly [superlative]
Rhymes: -uːli Etymology: From Middle English cruelly; equivalent to cruel + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|cruelly}} Middle English cruelly, {{suffix|en|cruel|ly}} cruel + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} cruelly (comparative more cruelly, superlative most cruelly)
  1. In a cruel manner. Translations (in a cruel manner): cruelment (Catalan), 殘忍地 (Chinese Mandarin), 残忍地 (cánrěn de) (Chinese Mandarin), 無情地 (Chinese Mandarin), 无情地 (wúqíng de) (Chinese Mandarin), 殘酷地 (Chinese Mandarin), 残酷地 (cánkù de) (Chinese Mandarin), raa’asti (Finnish), julmasti (Finnish), cruellement (French), cruelmente (Galician), grausam (German), kegyetlenül (Hungarian), crudelmente (Italian), crūdēliter (Latin), cruelly (Middle English), wælhrēowlīċe (Old English), okrutnie (Polish), bezwzględnie (Polish), cruelmente (Portuguese), жесто́ко (žestóko) (Russian), sangrientamente (Spanish), cruelmente (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-cruelly-en-adv-40FoKK3U Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial) Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 16 21 21 25 18 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 21 20 25 21 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 14 21 21 25 20

Adverb [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈkriu̯ɛliː/, /ˈkriu̯əliː/, /ˈkriu̯ɛliːtʃ(ə)/
Etymology: From cruel + -ly. Etymology templates: {{af|enm|cruel|-ly|id2=adverbial}} cruel + -ly Head templates: {{head|enm|adverb||||{{{2}}}|head=}} cruelly, {{enm-adv}} cruelly
  1. Ruthlessly, cruelly; in a cruel or sadistic way.
    Sense id: en-cruelly-enm-adv-xUXEitWj Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial) Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 16 21 21 25 18 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 21 20 25 21 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 14 21 21 25 20
  2. Savagely, viciously; in a way displaying ferocity.
    Sense id: en-cruelly-enm-adv-A5adWs1p Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial) Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 16 21 21 25 18 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 21 20 25 21 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 14 21 21 25 20
  3. (rare) Deleteriously, injurious; conducive to suffering. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Emotions
    Sense id: en-cruelly-enm-adv-GfLKIFXf Disambiguation of Emotions: 22 18 43 16 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial) Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 16 21 21 25 18 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 21 20 25 21 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 14 21 21 25 20
  4. (rare) Strictly, unforgivingly, meanly, harshly. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-cruelly-enm-adv-3S~-dnMp Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial) Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 16 21 21 25 18 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 21 20 25 21 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 14 21 21 25 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cruwelly, cruely, crewelly, cruelliche, crueli

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      "word": "bezwzględnie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in a cruel manner",
      "word": "cruelmente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žestóko",
      "sense": "in a cruel manner",
      "word": "жесто́ко"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in a cruel manner",
      "word": "sangrientamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in a cruel manner",
      "word": "cruelmente"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cruelly"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Middle English adverbs",
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial)",
    "Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "enm:Emotions"
  ],
  "descendants": [
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "cruelly"
          },
          "expansion": "English: cruelly",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: cruelly"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "cruelly"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: cruelly"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "cruel",
        "3": "-ly",
        "id2": "adverbial"
      },
      "expansion": "cruel + -ly",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From cruel + -ly.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "adverb",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{2}}}",
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      },
      "expansion": "cruelly",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "cruelly",
      "name": "enm-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Ruthlessly, cruelly; in a cruel or sadistic way."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cruelly",
          "cruelly#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Savagely, viciously; in a way displaying ferocity."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Deleteriously, injurious; conducive to suffering."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Deleteriously",
          "deleteriously"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) Deleteriously, injurious; conducive to suffering."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Strictly, unforgivingly, meanly, harshly."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unforgivingly",
          "unforgivingly"
        ],
        [
          "meanly",
          "meanly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) Strictly, unforgivingly, meanly, harshly."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkriu̯ɛliː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkriu̯əliː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkriu̯ɛliːtʃ(ə)/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "cruwelly"
    },
    {
      "word": "cruely"
    },
    {
      "word": "crewelly"
    },
    {
      "word": "cruelliche"
    },
    {
      "word": "crueli"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cruelly"
}

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