Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a pitiless manner.
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- adverb In a
pitiless manner.
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- adverb without pity; in a merciless manner
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Examples
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Public [= o] la, as we saw, damned one poor man to a wretched immortality, and another was called pitilessly over the coals, because he had mixed a grain of flattery with a bushel of truth.
Thackeray Anthony Trollope 1848
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The leap of faith has not led to a happy landing, and the plug has pitilessly been pulled on the publisher.
Henry J. Stern: Black Thursday Henry J. Stern 2011
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As of this writing, Erik Millett, the principal of Belleisle Elementary School, is still away from his job, having been pitilessly hounded, vilified and threatened by what amounts to a national lynch-mob of true-blue patrioteers.
Archive 2009-02-01 2009
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Mr. Symonds offers a pitilessly clear indictment of Hornet skipper Marc Mitscher and his air-group commander, Stanhope Ring, for their mismanagement and cover-up of their carrier's wayward principal air strike on June 4, the "Flight to Nowhere," which saw their dive-bombers and fighters venture forth fruitlessly over empty seas.
The Beginning of the End James D. Hornfischer 2011
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Stirner would laugh out loud, pitilessly; they have enslaved themselves to an idea - Freedom!
Stephen J. Gertz: The Most Provocative, Revolutionary, Dangerous and Radical Book Ever Written Stephen J. Gertz 2011
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The leap of faith has not led to a happy landing, and the plug has pitilessly been pulled on the publisher.
Henry J. Stern: Black Thursday Henry J. Stern 2011
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The insurrection of five kulak districts should be pitilessly suppressed.
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The leap of faith has not led to a happy landing, and the plug has pitilessly been pulled on the publisher.
Henry J. Stern: Black Thursday Henry J. Stern 2011
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The leap of faith has not led to a happy landing, and the plug has pitilessly been pulled on the publisher.
Henry J. Stern: Black Thursday Henry J. Stern 2011
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Stirner would laugh out loud, pitilessly; they have enslaved themselves to an idea - Freedom!
Stephen J. Gertz: The Most Provocative, Revolutionary, Dangerous and Radical Book Ever Written Stephen J. Gertz 2011
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