"cruelly" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈkɹuːəli/, /ˈkɹuːli/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cruelly.wav 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, {{af|en|cruel|-ly|id2=adverbial}} 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 /残忍地 (cánrěn de) (Chinese Mandarin), 無情地 /无情地 (wúqíng de) (Chinese Mandarin), 殘酷地 /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), cruamente (Old Galician-Portuguese), okrutnie (Polish), bezwzględnie (Polish), cruelmente (Portuguese), жесто́ко (žestóko) (Russian), sangrientamente (Spanish), cruelmente (Spanish)

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