Definition of mercilessly in English:
mercilessly
adverb ˈməːsɪləsliˈmərsələsli
In a way that shows no mercy.
the injured were mercilessly slaughtered
I was teased mercilessly for being chubby
figurative the wind pounded mercilessly on the windows
Example sentencesExamples
- The deadline of the premiere makes us work mercilessly fast.
- He loses the leg in a fight because of intervention by the victim, whom he kicked about so mercilessly earlier in the film.
- My housemates mercilessly teased me the rest of my stay in Tuscany.
- If the email is known to be invalid, the reminder is not sent; the entry is simply and mercilessly frozen and removed from the count.
- Surprisingly, he was a bitter, mean man who often mercilessly abused the people around him.
- He mercilessly enmeshes us in the overwhelming complexity of his subject.
- The town's dirty laundry is mercilessly brought out into the open.
- The film is unflinchingly, almost mercilessly, clear-eyed in its assessment of emotional transformation.
- All the values they have carried around for years are now mercilessly questioned.
- His story has been mercilessly exploited.
Definition of mercilessly in US English:
mercilessly
adverbˈmərsələsliˈmərsələslē
In a way that shows no mercy.
the injured were mercilessly slaughtered
I was teased mercilessly for being chubby
figurative the wind pounded mercilessly on the windows
Example sentencesExamples
- If the email is known to be invalid, the reminder is not sent; the entry is simply and mercilessly frozen and removed from the count.
- My housemates mercilessly teased me the rest of my stay in Tuscany.
- He mercilessly enmeshes us in the overwhelming complexity of his subject.
- Surprisingly, he was a bitter, mean man who often mercilessly abused the people around him.
- His story has been mercilessly exploited.
- The deadline of the premiere makes us work mercilessly fast.
- The film is unflinchingly, almost mercilessly, clear-eyed in its assessment of emotional transformation.
- The town's dirty laundry is mercilessly brought out into the open.
- He loses the leg in a fight because of intervention by the victim, whom he kicked about so mercilessly earlier in the film.
- All the values they have carried around for years are now mercilessly questioned.