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inhumanly

/ɪnˈhjuːmənli/

inhumanly adverb: in an inhuman manner.

Adverb

inhumanly (comparative more inhumanly, superlative most inhumanly)

  1. In an inhuman manner.
    • Ursula rose, then stood in a line with the bearers, motionless as though waiting for inexorable fate. She suffered the grotesquely and inhumanly lengthened shadow from the men and their burden to fall on her.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 210

Antonyms of inhumanly

Forms of inhumanly

comparativemore inhumanly
superlativemost inhumanly

Origin of inhumanly

From inhuman + -ly.

Questions about inhumanly

What does inhumanly mean?
Inhumanly means in an inhuman manner.
What part of speech is inhumanly?
Inhumanly is an adverb.
How do you pronounce inhumanly?
Inhumanly is pronounced /ɪnˈhjuːmənli/.

Words near inhumanly in the dictionary

  1. inhumanity
  2. inhumanize
  3. inhumanized
  4. inhumanizes
  5. inhumanizing
  6. inhumanly
  7. inhumanness
  8. inhumate
  9. inhumated
  10. inhumates
  11. inhumating

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