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pitylessly

pitylessly is the archaic form of pitilessly.

Meaning of pitilessly

Adverb

pitilessly (comparative more pitilessly, superlative most pitilessly)

  1. In a pitiless manner.
    • The simple questions of the tattered man had been knife thrusts to him. They asserted a society that probes pitilessly at secrets until all is apparent.1895 October, Stephen Crane, chapter X, in The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 106

Forms of pitylessly

comparativemore pitylessly
superlativemost pitylessly

Questions about pitylessly

What is pitylessly the archaic form of?
Pitylessly is the archaic form of pitilessly.

Words near pitylessly in the dictionary

  1. pityful
  2. pitying
  3. pityingly
  4. pityings
  5. pityless
  6. pitylessly
  7. pitylessness
  8. pityriases
  9. pityriasic
  10. pityriasis
  11. pityriasis rosea

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