inhumanely

In brutal fashion

Inhumanely means in a way that causes unnecessary suffering or shows no compassion.

The word typically describes treatment of animals or people that falls below basic standards of decency: The prisoners were treated inhumanely.

Inhumanely is the opposite of humanely—without the mercy or consideration that humans are expected to show.

cruelty

brutally

In a cruel manner

savagely · barbarously · callously · pitilessly · ruthlessly · viciously · sadistically · cold-bloodedly · unfeelingly · harshly

animal-treatment

slaughtered

Killed violently, often many

neglected · starved · beaten · chained · penned · overcrowded · mistreated · trapped · experimented · culled

detention

imprisoned

Held in custody

tortured · interrogated · solitary · confined · degraded · waterboarded · deprived · restrained · isolated · strip-searched

Opposites
treatment quality

inhumanelyhumanely

With benevolent consideration

compassionately · kindly · mercifully · benevolently · caringly

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