"cruelly" meaning in English

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Adverb

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

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