disagreeably

adverb

Definition of disagreeablynext
as in unkindly

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disagreeably
  1. unkindly
  2. cruelly
  3. pitilessly
  4. bitterly
  5. ill
  6. ruthlessly
  7. balefully
  8. mercilessly
Adverb
  • Yet, since the post went up, some people have unkindly critiqued her cheeks, nose, chin and complexion, while others wonder what the fuss is all about.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Tabloids and magazines regularly reported on the state of the relationship, often unkindly.
    — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2026
Definition of unkindly
Adverb
  • No matter how cruelly politicians and pundits discuss them, and no matter how desensitized the American people become by this rhetoric, immigrant kids are still kids.
    — Hannah Harshe, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2026
  • And, if Barisone was psychotically deluded, how was the jury meant to understand the defense’s central framing, which was that Kanarek had cruelly tried to harm Barisone?
    — Ian Parker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of cruelly
Adverb
  • The season finale brings the various strands of the story together elegantly and a bit pitilessly, too, as the body count continues to rise and the struggle for survival grows genuinely desperate.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of pitilessly
Adverb
  • Landowners and business owners in the Big Bend region, environmentalists and others who’ve opposed the construction project were bitterly disappointed with the court’s decision.
    — Rebecca Santana, Chicago Tribune, 9 Nov. 2026
  • By the time September winds down, Hester is on a timetable all her own, out of synch with her family, detached from its cares, paradoxically and bitterly free.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of bitterly
Adverb
  • The monster costumes were so ill-fitting that his skin wiggled.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2026
  • In the neighborhoods near Camping World Stadium, academic struggles often begin early, with most youngsters starting kindergarten ill-prepared for their first reading lessons.
    — Michael Cuglietta, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of ill
Adverb
  • Fresh off a max contract extension, Reaves has had a quiet yet ruthlessly efficient start to the year in Doncic’s shadow.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2026
  • But no deal has materialized because Fenkel and Katz have ruthlessly protected A24’s cool factor (the abstract secret sauce that’s trained younger generations to reclaim the moviegoing experience and make edgy auteurs their idols).
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of ruthlessly
Adverb
  • His family stared balefully at him, waiting for some alchemy to be performed by his hand, like those trips when he was somehow expected to navigate them through an unknown city.
    — Emma Cline, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of balefully
Adverb
  • But at least for now, the blue tsunami has forced the man who mercilessly bullied his way through the last two years to do what all bullies do when confronted with a united opposition.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Lifelong Republicans who didn’t fall in line were mercilessly attacked.
    — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of mercilessly
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