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cruelly /ˈkruː(ə)li /adverb1(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...- Estella marries Bentley, by whom she is cruelly ill-treated.
- The journey takes her to Vietnam, where she confronts - sometimes cruelly - her Vietnamese family.
- His literary criticism, often intemperate, was cruelly dismissive of his fellow Irish writers.
1.1(With reference to an event) in a way that causes pain or suffering: their hopes were cruelly dashed...- 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.
- The DVDs foster the cult of the cruelly cancelled show way too much for my taste.
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