mercilessly

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mercilessly - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Merciless \Mer"ci*less\, a.
     Destitute of mercy; cruel; unsparing; -- said of animate
     beings, and also, figuratively, of things; as, a merciless
     tyrant; merciless waves.
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           The foe is merciless, and will not pity. --Shak.
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     Syn: Cruel; unmerciful; remorseless; ruthless; pitiless;
          barbarous; savage.
          [1913 Webster] -- Mer"ci*less*ly, adv. --
          Mer"ci*less*ness, n.
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mercilessly - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  mercilessly
      adv 1: without pity; in a merciless manner; "he was mercilessly
             trounced by his opponent in the House" [syn:
             mercilessly, pitilessly, unmercifully,
             remorselessly]