inhumanly

With inhuman coldness

Inhumanly describes action or behavior that lacks human qualities—either cruel beyond normal human feeling or exceeding normal human capacity.

Someone treated inhumanly suffers brutal disregard: The prisoners were inhumanly confined.

But inhumanly can also mean surpassing human limits: She remained inhumanly calm, He worked at an inhumanly fast pace.

cruel

brutal

Savagely harsh or severe

ruthless · pitiless · callous · vicious · barbaric · savage · cold-blooded · unfeeling · remorseless · unmerciful

superhuman

strength

Power to exert force

fast · strong · powerful · tireless · unflagging · godlike · extraordinary · enhanced · supernatural · uncanny

monstrous

grotesque

Distorted, bizarre figure

gruesome · abominable · loathsome · repugnant · nightmarish · macabre · freakish · aberrant · unnatural · alien

Opposites
compassion and treatment of others

inhumanlyhumanely

With benevolent consideration

compassionately · kindly · mercifully · caringly · tenderly

human capability and limitation

inhumanlyhumanly

By human means

normally · ordinarily · typically · naturally · moderately

Phrases
Family

inhuman, inhumane, inhumanity, inhumanities, inhumaneness

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG