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unsparingly

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un·spar·ing  (n-spârng)
adj.
1. Unmerciful; severe: an unsparing superior officer; unsparing criticism.
2. Not frugal; generous.

un·sparing·ly adv.
un·sparing·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.unsparinglyunsparingly - in a scathing and unsparing manner; "she criticized him scathingly"
Translations
unsparingly [ʌnˈspɛərɪŋlɪ] ADV (= generously) → generosamente, pródigamente; (= untiringly) → incansablemente
unsparingly
adv
(= generously)großzügig, verschwenderisch; to work unsparingly for somethingunermüdlich für etw arbeiten; he gave unsparingly of his timeer opferte unendlich viel Zeit
(= mercilessly) criticizeschonungslos
unsparingly [ʌnˈspɛərɪŋlɪ] adv (generously) → generosamente; (unmercifully) → spietatamente
unsparingly [ʌnˈspɛərɪŋlɪ] adv (generously) → generosamente; (unmercifully) → spietatamente


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They lecture our shortcomings unsparingly, and every night they call us together and read to us chapters from the Testament that are full of gentleness, of charity, and of tender mercy; and then all the next day they stick to their saddles clear up to the summits of these rugged mountains, and clear down again.
He had the further mortification of seeing the very Shadwell whom he had so unsparingly ridiculed replace him as poet laureate.
Without much extravagance of eulogy, the spectacle might even be termed splendid; for, according to the fashion of the times, the ladies shone in rich silks and satins, outspread over wide-projecting hoops; and the gentlemen glittered in gold embroidery, laid unsparingly upon the purple, or scarlet, or sky-blue velvet, which was the material of their coats and waistcoats.
 
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