hard-heartedly
In pitiless fashion
Hard-heartedly describes doing something in a manner that shows no compassion or sympathy.
Where a hard-hearted person might refuse to help, they do so hard-heartedly—without softening, without second thoughts: She hard-heartedly turned away the family seeking shelter.
Without emotional warmth
- unfeelinglyWithout sympathy or emotion
- apatheticallyWithout interest or emotion
- dispassionatelyWithout emotional involvement
- detachedlyIn uninvolved manner
impassively · stoically · unconcernedly · nonchalantly · dismissively · carelessly · neglectfully · heedlessly
Without pity or restraint
- pitilesslyWithout compassion or remorse
- ruthlesslyWithout pity or compassion
- callouslyWithout regard for others
- brutallyIn a cruel manner
harshly · savagely · viciously · unmercifully · remorselessly · inhumanely · barbarously · ferociously
Without pity or concern
- insensitivelyWithout care for feelings
- unsympatheticallyWithout pity or understanding
- uncaringlyWithout showing concern
- unkindlyIn a hurtful manner
inconsiderately · thoughtlessly · uncharitably · ungenerously · inhospitably
In an unyielding way
- unbendinglyWithout flexibility or compromise
- unrelentinglyWithout yielding or softening
- implacablyWithout capacity for appeasement
- obduratelyWith unyielding refusal
stubbornly · adamantly · rigidly · sternly · firmly · unforgivingly · uncompromisingly · inexorably
coldly
Without emotional warmth
- unfeelinglyWithout sympathy or emotion
- apatheticallyWithout interest or emotion
- dispassionatelyWithout emotional involvement
detachedly · impassively · stoically · unconcernedly · nonchalantly · dismissively · carelessly · neglectfully · heedlessly · regardlessly
mercilessly
Without pity or restraint
- pitilesslyWithout compassion or remorse
- ruthlesslyWithout pity or compassion
- callouslyWithout regard for others
brutally · harshly · savagely · viciously · unmercifully · remorselessly · inhumanely · barbarously · ferociously · relentlessly
uncompassionately
Without pity or concern
- insensitivelyWithout care for feelings
- unsympatheticallyWithout pity or understanding
- uncaringlyWithout showing concern
unkindly · inconsiderately · thoughtlessly · uncharitably · ungenerously · inhospitably
inflexibly
In an unyielding way
- unbendinglyWithout flexibility or compromise
- unrelentinglyWithout yielding or softening
- implacablyWithout capacity for appeasement
obdurately · stubbornly · adamantly · rigidly · sternly · firmly · unforgivingly · uncompromisingly · inexorably · intransigently
hard-heartedlycompassionately
With caring concern
tender-heartedly · warm-heartedly · soft-heartedly · mercifully · kindly
hard-heartedlyleniently
With tolerance, not severity
forgivingly · indulgently · generously · accommodatingly · understandingly