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cruellie

cruellie is the obsolete spelling of cruelly.

Meaning of cruelly

Adverb

cruelly (comparative more cruelly, superlative most cruelly)

  1. In a cruel manner; with cruelty.
    • In the meane time it chaunced, that Marcus Papyrius ſtroke one of the Galles on the heade with his ſtaffe, because he preſumed to ſtroke his bearde: with whiche iniurie the Gaulle beeing prouoked, ſlue Papyrius (as he ſate) with hys ſworde, and therewith the ſlaughter being begun with one, all the...1577, Raphaell Holinshed, “The Historie of Englande”, in The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC...
  2. (rare) To a degree that is cruel.
    • Robert Audley chafed cruelly at this delay. Half a dozen vessels might sail for Australia while he roamed up and down the long platform, tumbling over trucks and porters, and swearing at his ill-luck.1862, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Lady Audley's Secret

Forms of cruellie

comparativemore cruellie
superlativemost cruellie

Questions about cruellie

What is cruellie the obsolete spelling of?
Cruellie is the obsolete spelling of cruelly.

Words near cruellie in the dictionary

  1. Cruella
  2. Cruellas
  3. cruelled
  4. crueller
  5. cruellest
  6. cruellie
  7. cruelling
  8. cruells
  9. cruelltie
  10. cruellties
  11. cruellty

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