mercilessly
Americanadverb
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without mercy, pity, or tolerance.
I was mercilessly bullied in school throughout my childhood.
Any speaker who goes on longer than 15 minutes will be interrupted mercilessly by the moderator.
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without reprieve; unbearably.
An unusually humid July morning had morphed into a mercilessly hot afternoon.
Etymology
Origin of mercilessly
Example Sentences
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Nonetheless, the botched play has been mocked mercilessly.
From Los Angeles Times
After his release, he is hounded mercilessly by an unhappy policeman.
From Literature
By 2011, the West African black rhino was officially declared extinct, thanks to poachers who mercilessly killed them for their horns—which people then use for decorative carvings and grind into powder for medicines.
From Literature
The war experience was now being mercilessly satirised.
From BBC
As a “very, very effeminate boy” growing up in Baltimore, Ben Appel was teased mercilessly.
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