It's shameful to treat a child so cruelly.
Source: tatoeba (246006)
Cruelly
//ˈkɹuːəli//
Synonyms for "cruelly" (91 found)
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Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (27)
Related words (45)
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Translations
21 translations across 16 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- cruelment adv (in a cruel manner)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 殘忍地 /残忍地 adv (in a cruel manner)
- 殘酷地 /残酷地 adv (in a cruel manner)
- 無情地 /无情地 adv (in a cruel manner)
Finnish
2 entries- julmasti adv (in a cruel manner)
- raa’asti adv (in a cruel manner)
French
1 entries- cruellement adv (in a cruel manner)
Galician
1 entries- cruelmente adv (in a cruel manner)
German
1 entries- grausam adv (in a cruel manner)
Hungarian
1 entries- kegyetlenül adv (in a cruel manner)
Italian
1 entries- crudelmente adv (in a cruel manner)
Latin
1 entries- crūdēliter adv (in a cruel manner)
Middle English
1 entries- cruelly adv (in a cruel manner)
Old English
1 entries- wælhrēowlīċe adv (in a cruel manner)
Old Galician-Portuguese
1 entries- cruamente adv (in a cruel manner)
Polish
2 entries- bezwzględnie adv (in a cruel manner)
- okrutnie adv (in a cruel manner)
Portuguese
1 entries- cruelmente adv (in a cruel manner)
Russian
1 entries- жесто́ко adv (in a cruel manner)
Spanish
2 entries- cruelmente adv (in a cruel manner)
- sangrientamente adv (in a cruel manner)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
I don't like to see animals cruelly treated.
Source: tatoeba (259708)
In a cruelly ironic twist of fate, someday Tatoeba will make an example of us all.
Source: tatoeba (700671)
What can have induced him to behave so cruelly?
Source: tatoeba (914120)
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