callously
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cal·lous
(kăl′əs)adj.
1. Having calluses; toughened: callous skin on the elbow.
2. Emotionally hardened; unfeeling: a callous indifference to the suffering of others.
tr. & intr.v. cal·loused, cal·lous·ing, cal·lous·es
To make or become callous.
[Middle English, from Old French cailleux, from Latin callōsus, from callum, hard skin.]
cal′lous·ly adv.
cal′lous·ness n.
Usage Note: Do not confuse the adjective callous, as in Years of dealing with criminals had left her callous, with the noun callus, as in I have a callus on my thumb. Also, do not confuse the verb callous, which means "to make or become callous," with the verb callus "to form or develop hardened tissue."
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Adv. | 1. | callously - in a callous way; "he callously exploited their feelings" |
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callously
adverb heartlessly, coldly, harshly, brutally, insensitively, obdurately, unfeelingly, soullessly, hardheartedly He is accused of callously ill-treating his wife.
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Translations
بِغَلاظَه، بِقَشْوَه
bezcitněnecitlivětvrdě
følelseskoldthårdhudethjerteløst
érzéketlenül
harîneskjulega
duygusuzca
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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callously
adv → herzlos
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
callously
[ˈkæləslɪ] adv (behave) → in modo insensibile; (speak) → con durezza; (decide) → cinicamenteCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
callous
(ˈkӕləs) adjective unfeeling; cruel. a callous person/attack.
ˈcallously adverbˈcallousness noun
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