the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ad. In a cruel manner.
ad. Extremely; very.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
In a cruel manner; with cruelty; inhumanly; mercilessly.
Painfully; with severe pain or torture.
Mischievously; extremely; greatly.
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ad. excessively
ad. with cruelty
Word Usage
"George W. Bush focused on winning the second term cruelly denied to his father, and Mitt Romney still hopes to claim the Republican nomination that his father lost to Richard Nixon in 1968."