mercilessly
/ˈmɜːsɪləslɪ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.92 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "She mercilessly read off the list of his wrongs in front of their friends."
- "Therefore he whacked the old nigger mercilessly, while a big crowd of his people watched him, thunderstruck[.]"
- "Uncanny clips of him “mogging” other men — that is, standing next to them and making them look common by comparison — and mercilessly appraising women’s looks have gone viral on TikTok and Instagram."
Etymology
Etymology tree English merciless Middle English -ly English -ly English mercilessly From merciless + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more mercilessly (comparative)
most mercilessly (superlative)