INHUMANLY Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

inhumanly

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Recent Examples of inhumanly For her next project, she’s headed as far from there as humanly (or inhumanly) possible. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2026

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Walter’s ties to immigrant detention resulted in protests from members of the Los Angeles community, including many Dodgers fans, who felt that ICE inhumanely targeted them.

— Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
In May 2025, the zoo posted a video of authorities taking a giraffe and accused them of seizing it inhumanely.

— Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 22 June 2026

Definition of inhumanely

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The Joker, Batman movies Batman’s greatest adversary is ruthlessly, functionally insane.

— Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Sep. 2026
The first at Lord's was only 110 on Friday, and two days later England's all-seam attack was ruthlessly picking apart the top order again.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of ruthlessly

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This is no small feat in a city where working class locals are priced out mercilessly to make way for the ultra-wealthy here to work on their winter tans.

— Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026
Despite her clear influence, Rico was mercilessly heckled by Carti fans during her performance at the Portland tour stop.

— Mehan Jayasuriya, Pitchfork, 24 July 2026

Definition of mercilessly

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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

Definition of heartlessly

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Creators were posting 20- to 30-minute long smoky eye tutorials and dramatic transformations, and keeping us fed with drama as well as brutally honest reviews of the latest product drops.

— Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 9 Sep. 2026
Some of its efforts, such as the full-scale wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, were brutally destructive.

— Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2026

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