soullessly

Definition of soullesslynext

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Adverb
  • Instead of The Expanse’s sprawling epic of humanity’s journey to the stars, The Captive’s War sees humans brought under the thumb of a ruthlessly controlling alien empire and struggling to resist, build lives and maybe even find a way to win.
    Sarah Lewin Frasier, Scientific American, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The Apollo program was centrally planned and ruthlessly methodical.
    David W. Brown, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
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 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
  • At his previous school, he was mercilessly bullied.
    Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • Immigrant rights advocates have criticized the practice as inhumane and say ICE has cruelly targeted people following the rules by turning up to their court dates to meet quotas.
    Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • 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
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
  • 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
  • Some industry representatives ahead of the meeting expressed worry that attending risked casting them as willing participants in a callously opportunistic grab for Venezuela’s crude, people familiar with the matter said.
    Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 10 Jan. 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
  • Tesla , whose founder and CEO Elon Musk complained bitterly about the impact, has seen his stock soar nearly 35% in that period.
    Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Generational and ideological battle lines were drawn; perhaps most bitterly, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and aligned super political action committees spent $7 million in this district alone.
    David Daley, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
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“Soullessly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soullessly. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.

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