Synonyms for cruelly
cru·el·ly

Princeton's WordNet

1. cruellyadverb

   excessively

   "a cruelly bitter winter"

2. cruellyadverb

   with cruelty

   "he treated his students cruelly"

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1. cruellynoun

   Synonyms:
   inhumanity, implacability, severity, atrocity, pitilessness

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1. List of paraphrases for "cruelly":

   callously, brutally, sorely

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How to use cruelly in a sentence?

1. Will Trump:

   It was a slow and brutal death for so many, even beautiful babies were cruelly murdered in this very barbaric attack. No child of god should ever suffer such horror.

2. Kendall Coffey:

   ...Violence toward a U.S. citizen - like those who have been cruelly murdered by ISIS – could potentially provide jurisdiction for U.S. prosecution. If individuals can be identified who knowingly made oil purchases funding the terrorist agenda of ISIS, those individuals might be considered for very serious federal crimes, even though there could be complicated issues of arrest and extradition.

3. State John Kerry:

   The United States is praying and grieving with you for the loved ones of those cruelly taken from us, including Americans, and for the many who were injured in these despicable attacks, the United States stands firmly with Belgium and with the nations of Europe in the face of this tragedy.

4. Roseanne Barr:

   It wasn't enough to just do what they did to me, they had to so cruelly insult the people who loved that family and that show.

5. Patrick Poon:

   Liu Xia never gave up on Liu Xia wrongfully imprisoned late husband, and for this Liu Xia was cruelly punished, the Chinese authorities tried to silence Liu Xia, but Liu Xia stood tall for human rights.