caddishly

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Adverb
  • The bulk of people experiencing emergency levels of hunger live in Haiti’s northwest region, including Artibonite, which gangs have mercilessly attacked in recent years, razing communities and destroying farmland.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The fans mercilessly booed Shohei Ohtani, who turned down $700 million from the Blue Jays to take $700 million from the Dodgers, and outfielder Kyle Tucker, who turned down $350 million (over 10 years) from the Blue Jays to take $240 million (over four years) from the Dodgers.
    Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • These are difficult times and the pressure is mounting for Wolves to act ruthlessly.
    Steve Madeley, New York Times, 3 May 2026
  • Millions of Germans joined the audience for the Nazi play, in which Hitler played the glorious Leader and the regime ruled ruthlessly while spinning stories about its own rectitude.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids that cruelly sow fear are not the solution.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
  • Before his afternoon was ended so cruelly, there were positives and negatives to take from his display.
    Simon Johnson, New York Times, 4 May 2026
Adverb
  • Among the innards and the great slab of white tail fat was the sheep's head, balefully gazing up at me.
    Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2024
Adverb
  • Victim Nyron Shaw’s father said the driver who mowed his son down last year in Ocean Hill a day before Independence Day should face the maximum penalty for allegedly driving twice the speed limit and heartlessly taking off, leaving his son to die.
    Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • In the process, Joel heartlessly killed some innocent people, including medical professionals.
    EW.com, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • The trial has dragged on for six years in a case that has bitterly divided the Israeli public.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The eight men at the center of this book shared the common experience of being born before the Civil War, when this country was bitterly divided over slavery.
    CBS News, CBS News, 25 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • The first hour, set at a resort that’s like a singles cruise through the Twilight Zone (or Bachelor in Paradise beamed in from a brutal alternate universe), contains some of the most pitilessly funny scenes of the filmmaker’s career.
    A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • The heartbroken mother of a 15-year-old boy who was beaten and fatally shot inside a Queens park as dozens of teens callously filmed the slaying on their phones condemned his killer — and those who did nothing but watch him die.
    Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Marley’s level of fame and influence meant that, after his death at 36, his legacy, his spirit, his brand was to be shaped by a record industry that could be callously indifferent to truth or quality at the expense of revenue.
    Eric Harvey, Pitchfork, 18 Jan. 2026
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“Caddishly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caddishly. Accessed 11 May. 2026.

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