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mercilessly

[ mur-si-lis-lee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

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.
without reprieve; unbearably:
An unusually humid July morning had morphed into a mercilessly hot afternoon.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of mercilessly¹

merciless ( def ) + -ly

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Aid organisation Relief International said nine of its workers "were mercilessly killed including doctors, referral drivers and a team leader" in the attack on Zamzam.

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Speaking with his real-life counterpart also underscored the mission statement of the film, which mercilessly immerses the viewer into combat with a bombardment of action and overwhelming noise.

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But until then, the casualties will mercilessly mount.

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If Labour had voted against a budget including these policies, the SNP would have exploited that mercilessly.

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"They beat us mercilessly, with their fists, sticks, hammers, anything they could find," Andriy says.

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