pitilessly
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Definition(s):
- (adv) without pity; in a merciless manner
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Usage(s):
- Oh, and it's a comic book Bechdel's breathtakingly, pitilessly smart commentary duets with deliriously eloquent line drawings, as well as letters and maps and literary quotations.
- Apple's new iPhone could do to the cell phone market what the iPod did to the portable music player market: crush it pitilessly beneath the weight of its own superiority.
- The pitilessly fanatic and bad-mannered bridge players run Fridays.
Quotes
- Capitalism, Marx and Frederick Engels noted in 1848 (in a passage that seems highly relevant more than a century and half later), "has put an end to all feudal, patriarchal, idyllic relations. It has pitilessly torn asunder the motley feudal ties...on Oct 12, 2007 By: Friedrich Engels Source: ZNet
- "Forsyth delivers a performance that immediately defines itself as classic; she brings to the role a masterly control and emotional depth that pitilessly excavates every nuance in Beckett's text," wrote The Australian's Melbourne theatre critic...on Mar 12, 2010 By: Alison Croggon Source: The Australian
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