Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: cruelly
IPA transcription: [kɹ'uli]
r meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: cruelly
    Meaning: excessively; "a cruelly bitter winter"
Usage examples
  • "Oh, yes, yes, cruelly!"
  • "Yes, you must," said Cyrus cruelly.
  • You treated me falsely, ungratefully, and cruelly.
  • "You must have behaved to her very cruelly," he said.
  • He would beat me cruelly And such love won't do for me.
  • She had been scalded so cruelly that she still feared the hot water.
  • William had been stripped naked, and frequently and cruelly cowhided.
  • Why this calm should have been interrupted, and so cruelly, he couldn't imagine.
  • He therefore struck out blindly and cruelly, and the innocent went down with the guilty.
  • She looked around now as she stood close by Loreen, and the whole scene was cruelly vivid to her.