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brutally adverb 1. cruelly, fiercely, savagely, ruthlessly, viciously, mercilessly, ferociously, remorselessly, in cold blood, callously, murderously, pitilessly, heartlessly, inhumanly, barbarously, brutishly, barbarically, hardheartedly Her real parents had been brutally murdered. 2. mercilessly, fiercely, cruelly, relentlessly, ferociously, remorselessly, pitilessly The talks had been brutally frank. 3. savagely, cruelly, dangerously, ferociously, fiendishly, fiercely The early morning New York air can be brutally cold. Translations brutally [ˈbruːtəlɪ] ADV 1. (= savagely) [attack, murder, suppress] → de manera brutal, brutalmente 2. (= starkly) [say, reply, expose] → crudamente, descarnadamente let me be brutally honest/frank with you → voy a serte tremendamente sincero/franco the talks had been brutally frank → las conversaciones habían sido francas y crudas a brutally competitive world → un mundo despiadadamente competitivo the choice is brutally clear → la elección es de una claridad cruel or despiadada brutally [ˈbruːtəli] adv (= unsparingly) [frank, honest] → brutalement, de façon brutale (= terribly) → terriblement brutally How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The Firm to which I was brutally consigned, as if I was a bale of merchandise, has worn out my patience by a series of petty insults; and I have felt compelled, from motives of self-respect, to withdraw my services, which were undervalued from the first. I threw all precaution to the winds, threw myself with fiercer zeal into the fight for socialism, laughed at the editors and publishers who warned me and who were the sources of my hundred porterhouses a day, and was brutally careless of whose feelings I hurt and of how savagely I hurt them. It was said she had been brutally jilted by her cousin, Rutland Whitney, and that she married this unknown man from the West out of bravado. |
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