ruthlessly
/ˈɹuːθ.ləs.li/ adverb C2- In a ruthless manner; with cruelty; without pity or compassion.
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“That is all there is left in life for me, now that my friend has been ruthlessly torn from me.
Bell having ruthlessly cut down the little circle of trees in his back pasture in the spring.
“Now,” continued Villefort, “those to whom the guilt really belongs, by whom the crime was committed, on whose heads the justice of man may probably descend here, and the certain judgment of God hereafter, would rejoice in the opportunity thus afforded of bestowing such a peace-offering as Valentine on the son of him whose life they so ruthlessly destroyed.” Noirtier had succeeded in mastering his emotion more than could have been deemed possible with such an enfeebled and shattered frame.
Satellite navigation systems are inherently designed to prioritize efficiency, ruthlessly calculating the fastest trajectory from point A to point B.
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