inhumanly

Definition of inhumanlynext

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Adverb
  • The oversight tour came after activists alleged detainees were being treated inhumanely at the facility.
    Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 14 Jan. 2026
Adverb
  • Nina has no mentor to look up to; Beth, the former prima ballerina played by Winona Ryder, has been ruthlessly excised from the company for being too old.
    Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Erik Satie took down the arrogance of late Romantic classical music, gently but ruthlessly taking up its vocabulary and removing all the excess, including authorship.
    Jeremy Denk, The New York Review of Books, 25 Dec. 2025
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
  • For the past few months, thousands of people have been sharing their sightings online and mercilessly poking fun.
    CBS News, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Back in their teenage years, Lexi’s older sister Andrea is depicted as a mean girl who ridicules Catherine mercilessly.
    Sam Reed, Glamour, 9 Jan. 2026
Adverb
  • In the process, Joel heartlessly killed some innocent people, including medical professionals.
    EW.com, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • There is a troubling suggestion of abuse, implying that Jack might have been ill-treated by his mom (and saved by Helen), rather than heartlessly abandoned.
    Tomris Laffly, Variety, 14 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • Kyiv, which has grappled with severe power shortages this winter, is forecast to enter a brutally cold stretch starting Friday that is expected to last into next week.
    AAMER MADHANI AND SUSIE BLANN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Arkansas Online, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Friday, despite no freezing fog, is expected to have brutally cold conditions between 16 and 32 degrees, with winds of five to 10 mph.
    Isa Almeida, Oklahoman, 29 Jan. 2026
Adverb
  • Kahlo vibrantly and unsparingly depicted herself and events from her life, which was upended by a bus accident at 18.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Nov. 2025
  • Kahlo vibrantly and unsparingly depicted herself and events from her life, which was upended by a bus accident at 18.
    Hannah Schoenbaum, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • After decades of obdurately refusing to entertain the idea of bestowing its computers with touch screens, rumor has it that Apple might finally offer this capability.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Inhumanly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhumanly. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.

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