unfeelingly

un·feel·ing

 (ŭn-fē′lĭng)
adj.
1. Having no physical feeling or sensation; insentient.
2. Not sympathetic to others; callous or hardhearted.
un·feel′ing·ly adv.
un·feel′ing·ness n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adv.1.unfeelingly - without compassionate feelings; "unfeelingly, she required her maid to work on Christmas Day"
feelingly - with great feeling; "she spoke feelingly of her early childhood"
2.unfeelingly - in a callous way; "he callously exploited their feelings"
callously
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Translations

unfeelingly

[ʌnˈfiːlɪŋlɪ] ADV → insensiblemente
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unfeelingly

adv → gefühllos, herzlos; look, listen → ungerührt
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"Cut out all those flowery passages," he said unfeelingly.
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His father was dead against the business from the beginning, and spoke quite unfeelingly on the subject.
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