Cruelly — synonyms, definition

1. cruelly (o)

deliberately hardly harshly in cold blood nastily relentlessly rigourously roughly rudely severely unkindly wilfully willfully with malice aforethought

2. cruelly (a)

deliberately in cold blood willfully with malice aforethought

3. cruelly (Adverb)

sadistically

cruelly (Adverb) — Excessively. ex. "a cruelly bitter winter"

cruelly (Adverb) — With cruelty. ex. "he treated his students cruelly"