mercilessly

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/ˈmɜːsɪləslɪ/

adverb

In a merciless manner.

“She mercilessly read off the list of his wrongs in front of their friends.”

Meanings

adverbmercilessly (comparative more mercilessly, superlative most mercilessly)

comparative more mercilessly · superlative most mercilessly

  1. 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 198

    Uncanny 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
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APA

mercilessly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mercilessly

MLA

“mercilessly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mercilessly. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mercilessly,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mercilessly.

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