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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ill-naturedly
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In this volatile environment, comments that appear to minimize or frame the shooting insensitively—like Matt Gutman's—can quickly become career-ending.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025 -
Sahroni has faced accusations of responding insensitively to people calling for parliament to be dissolved amid anger over lawmakers’ allowances.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
31 Aug. 2025
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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
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Tabloids and magazines regularly reported on the state of the relationship, often unkindly.—
Culture Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Feb. 2026
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This year’s ceremony was not perfect, of course — there were some sound-production issues, there were some presenters with milquetoast bits (as always), and a few winners were played off the stage with cruelly abrupt music cues.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
16 Mar. 2026
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Andrew Pigott Sadio Mane (Al Nassr and Senegal) Injury cruelly denied the former Liverpool winger the opportunity to grace the World Cup in Qatar four years ago.—
The Athletic Staff,
New York Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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Season 3 opens in 2023, with actors and writers on strike and Valerie taking an ill-suited role as Roxie Hart on Broadway to pass the time.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
22 Mar. 2026
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Established on the principle that a person’s humanity mattered more their immigration status, this was an important protection mechanism that ensured the most vulnerable (like schoolchildren and those who are ill) didn’t become collateral damage when immigration enforcement escalated.—
Dr. Lauren Palladino,
Hartford Courant,
22 Mar. 2026
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Protests and demonstrations demanding political reform have been ruthlessly suppressed.—
Ghassan E. El-Eid,
Hartford Courant,
15 Mar. 2026
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San Diego can cut teams apart in possession or on the counter and ruthlessly preys upon opponents’ mistakes.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
6 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Over the next two years, Chris filmed the mosquitoes circling the Styrofoam dummies mercilessly.—
David Hu,
The Conversation,
18 Mar. 2026
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When Lindsay was on heroin, Raúl and the demons knocked him over and mercilessly kicked him in the ribs.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Varner described the creatures as diabolically cunning, destructive, and nocturnal.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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That’s par for the course in a facility where all of the nurses are angels (Fisayo Akinade’s diabolically endearing Nurse Angel in particular), and nobody else seems to be sick.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
11 Dec. 2025
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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
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“Ill-naturedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ill-naturedly. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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