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Definition of cruelly in English: cruellyadverb ˈkruː(ə)liˈkruəli 1(with reference to a person) in a way that wilfully causes pain or suffering to others. he marries Edgar's sister Isabella and cruelly ill-treats her Example sentencesExamples - The journey takes her to Vietnam, where she confronts - sometimes cruelly - her Vietnamese family.
- The director's favourite vantage point is that of a god who is cruelly indifferent to our individual fates.
- His literary criticism, often intemperate, was cruelly dismissive of his fellow Irish writers.
- Estella marries Bentley, by whom she is cruelly ill-treated.
- The painter cruelly depicts the ambitions of the middle class, now naked for all to see.
- He cruelly locks the dog out of the house in the middle of the night.
- His portrayal of the cruelly cunning main character is what ultimately drives the film.
- His harmless jokes turn nasty, though, when he cruelly pretends to have died.
- The girl is being cruelly taunted by her French schoolmates for being Polish.
- Her desire to pass as white is presented without a great deal of judgment, except insofar as she acts cruelly towards her mother.
- 1.1 (with reference to an event) in a way that causes pain or suffering.
their hopes were cruelly dashed Example sentencesExamples - Boy meets girl, falls in love but fate intervenes cruelly and compels them to part ways.
- Some of the world's greatest art is exhausting, and painful, and just as cruelly revelatory.
- The inadequacies of the national orchestra were cruelly exposed in this recording.
- The DVDs foster the cult of the cruelly cancelled show way too much for my taste.
- Political idealism is cruelly betrayed by successive waves of political oppression.
- The second movement was simply gorgeous, especially in the cruelly demanding central section, which really caught wing.
- It was not the mythical, moral (but in reality often cruelly repressive and deceitful) 1950s but rather the supposedly lamentable late 1960s that this film was concerned with.
- Vivaldi's writing tends to treat the voice like a violin, and as such, it can be cruelly difficult (but rewarding).
- The horrendous accident cruelly cut short the career of an incomparable artist, who was already famous as one of the greatest horn players of all time.
- It seems cruelly ironic that the sculptor, once ridiculed for the mirrors' construction, should not, until now, have received credit for their design.
Definition of cruelly in US English: cruellyadverbˈkro͞oəlēˈkruəli 1(with reference to a person) in a way that willfully causes pain or suffering to others. he marries Edgar's sister Isabella and cruelly ill-treats her Example sentencesExamples - He cruelly locks the dog out of the house in the middle of the night.
- His portrayal of the cruelly cunning main character is what ultimately drives the film.
- The girl is being cruelly taunted by her French schoolmates for being Polish.
- His literary criticism, often intemperate, was cruelly dismissive of his fellow Irish writers.
- The journey takes her to Vietnam, where she confronts - sometimes cruelly - her Vietnamese family.
- The painter cruelly depicts the ambitions of the middle class, now naked for all to see.
- The director's favourite vantage point is that of a god who is cruelly indifferent to our individual fates.
- Estella marries Bentley, by whom she is cruelly ill-treated.
- His harmless jokes turn nasty, though, when he cruelly pretends to have died.
- Her desire to pass as white is presented without a great deal of judgment, except insofar as she acts cruelly towards her mother.
- 1.1 (with reference to an event) in a way that causes pain or suffering.
their hopes were cruelly dashed Example sentencesExamples - Political idealism is cruelly betrayed by successive waves of political oppression.
- The horrendous accident cruelly cut short the career of an incomparable artist, who was already famous as one of the greatest horn players of all time.
- The second movement was simply gorgeous, especially in the cruelly demanding central section, which really caught wing.
- Boy meets girl, falls in love but fate intervenes cruelly and compels them to part ways.
- Vivaldi's writing tends to treat the voice like a violin, and as such, it can be cruelly difficult (but rewarding).
- Some of the world's greatest art is exhausting, and painful, and just as cruelly revelatory.
- The inadequacies of the national orchestra were cruelly exposed in this recording.
- It was not the mythical, moral (but in reality often cruelly repressive and deceitful) 1950s but rather the supposedly lamentable late 1960s that this film was concerned with.
- It seems cruelly ironic that the sculptor, once ridiculed for the mirrors' construction, should not, until now, have received credit for their design.
- The DVDs foster the cult of the cruelly cancelled show way too much for my taste.
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