UNMERCIFULLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unmercifully mean? 

• UNMERCIFULLY (adverb)
  The adverb UNMERCIFULLY has 1 sense:

1. without pity; in a merciless manner

  Familiarity information: UNMERCIFULLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNMERCIFULLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Without pity; in a merciless manner

Synonyms:

mercilessly; pitilessly; remorselessly; unmercifully

Context example:

he was mercilessly trounced by his opponent in the House

Pertainym:

unmerciful (having or showing no mercy)

 Context examples 

Your lap seems full of good things, and here is a basket of something between us which has been knocking my elbow unmercifully.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

He lashed the horses unmercifully with his long whip, and with wild cries of encouragement urged them on to further exertions.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Laurie knew this pillow well, and had cause to regard it with deep aversion, having been unmercifully pummeled with it in former days when romping was allowed, and now frequently debarred by it from the seat he most coveted next to Jo in the sofa corner.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

I heard that Mr. Creakle had not preferred his claim to being a Tartar without reason; that he was the sternest and most severe of masters; that he laid about him, right and left, every day of his life, charging in among the boys like a trooper, and slashing away, unmercifully.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)