The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ruthless \Ruth"less\, a. Having no ruth; cruel; pitiless.
Their rage the hostile bands restrain,
All but the ruthless monarch of the main.
--Pope.
[1913 Webster] -- Ruth"less*ly, adv. -- Ruth"less*ness,
n.
Wiktionary
adv. In a ruthless manner; with cruelty; without pity or compassion.
WordNet
adv. in a ruthless manner; "the government has been urged to take immediate action to deal ruthlessly with the strikers"
Usage examples of "ruthlessly".
And very ably commanded, as it turned out, by the inexperienced Bibulus, who learned ruthlessly and developed a talent for his job.
Mr Topper, seizing the fallen man by the arnd and dragging him ruthlessly over the matting in an abortive effort to help him to his feet.
The news was too important, the need for a prompt and appropriate response too critical, for the relevant information to wend its way to the Chief Executive by means of the usual ruthlessly distilled and bowdlerized written report.
Roars of laughter, and shouted interruptions from Fion, her soestre, accompanied the story as Mairu ruthlessly reduced the women of Singing Pastures to creatures with no more wit and wisdom than snow worms.
Liath whispered in awe, but they dressed her ruthlessly, measured her frameas tall as the princess but more slenderand belted the overdress with a simple chain of gold links.
And if Geis had been expertly plucked, they would collect on the markers ruthlessly.
Satan entered, took the forbidden seat, and was promptly, ruthlessly, and gorily annihilated with a ketchup bottle.
He ruthlessly pushed aside his own identity and became Kennon Goss, not only to others but to himself.
Just a shade under two meters tall, with his golden hair ruthlessly cropped in the Academy bristle cut, he was a happy blend of the best in the Waldheim and de Gras family lines: Waldheim height and rugged strength, de Gras refinement and quick awareness.
He had not realized all the undercurrents beneath the carefully contrived public image of Padrugoi, much less the machinations of Ludmilla Barchenka, who had forced the capitulation of Centers, ruthlessly stripping them of kinetics in what was basically a face-saving operation.
Other Vrya, with less to occupy hands and minds, kneaded their Vrithli like clay, punching and pulling them into the shape they chose by whim or curiosity or obscure internal needs, ruthlessly squashing or lopping off any attempt of those Vrithli to grow in forbidden directions.
The new oligarchical government, like their predecessors, had learnt nought from experience and were oppressing and exploiting the poor as ruthlessly as ever.
Tshamarra crashed down into them, pouncing ruthlessly, and savaged everyone she could reach with claws and flame.
With a choked gurgle he reeled and went down, and Conan ruthlessly tore his blade free as his victim fell.
He was the type of man to go for an exotic butterfly like Monique Von Rutter or a ruthlessly chic Englishwoman like Madame Lambert.