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unˈmercifully, adv.
[un-1 11.]
1. Without mercy; mercilessly.
1548Elyot, Immisericorditer, without pitee, vnmercifully. 1596Spenser F.Q. v. vii. 31 The Amazon..dealt her blowes vnmercifully sore. 1653H. Cogan tr. Pinto's Trav. liii. 209 He caused [them]..to be unmercifully butchered. 1711Steele Spect. No. 145 ⁋2 He went on unmercifully to Triumph over my Ignorance. 1766Hamilton Vesuvius in Phil. Trans. LVII. 197, I saw it..unmercifully destroy a poor man's vineyard. 1818Scott Rob Roy xxii, The laws concerning debt, in most countries, are..unmercifully severe. 1860Froude Hist. Eng. V. 119 A change in the relations between the peasantry and the owners of the soil..was attempted harshly and unmercifully.
2. Unsparingly, excessively. Now dial.
1686F. Spence tr. St. Euvremont's Misc. Pref. C 3, In a Comedy nothing is so unmercifully insupportable as to..explicate the Intrigue by a Miracle. 1716Hearne Collect. (O.H.S.) V. 331 He steals unmercifully, and..without Acknowledgment. 1794C. Pigott Female Jockey Club 139 If surprised by the sight of a black lobster, she screams un⁓mercifully. 1854A. E. Baker Northampt. Gloss. 369 It's unmercifully bad. |