Meanings
comparative more mercilessly · superlative most mercilessly
- In a merciless manner.
She mercilessly read off the list of his wrongs in front of their friends.
2 more examples
Therefore he whacked the old nigger mercilessly, while a big crowd of his people watched him, thunderstruck[.]
1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 198Uncanny clips of him “mogging” other men — that is, standing next to them and making them look common by comparison — and mercilessly appraising women’s looks have gone viral on TikTok and Instagram.
2026 February 13, Joseph Bernstein, “Handsome at Any Cost”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 14 Feb 2026
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbwithout pity; in a merciless manner
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek ἀνελεημόνως
- ἀνελεημόνως (aneleēmónōs)in a merciless manner
Catalan despietadament
- despietadamentin a merciless manner
Czech nemilosrdně
- nemilosrdněin a merciless manner
Esperanto senkompate
- senkompatein a merciless manner
Finnish armotta, armottomasti
- armottain a merciless manner
- armottomastiin a merciless manner
French sans pitié
- sans pitiéin a merciless manner
Polish bezlitośnie, bezpardonowo
- bezlitośniein a merciless manner
- bezpardonowoin a merciless manner
Portuguese impiedosamente
- impiedosamentein a merciless manner
Spanish despiadadamente
- despiadadamentein a merciless manner
Swedish skoningslöst
- skoningslöstin a merciless manner
Turkish acımasızca, acımasızcasına
- acımasızcain a merciless manner
- acımasızcasınain a merciless manner
- zalimcein a merciless manner
- zalimcesinein a merciless manner
- zalimanein a merciless manner
Cite this entry
mercilessly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mercilessly
“mercilessly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mercilessly. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mercilessly,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mercilessly.
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