Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an unpitying manner; without compassion.
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- adverb In an
unpitying manner.
Etymologies
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Examples
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She neglected her children and made her family's life "an emotional wasteland," Hamilton writes unpityingly.
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But even in his fear the apostate Presbyterian was unrelenting, unpityingly harsh; he published in his manifesto no promise of pardon, no inducement to submission.
Lay Morals 2005
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The air was cool, although it was the middle of August; the wind was from the north, and the sun blazed down unpityingly from the blue sky.
Une Vie 2003
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Oh, this is the hostility of light to the shining one: unpityingly doth it pursue its course.
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Have we not said, unpityingly regarding them, that their destruction before the advance of civilization is inevitable?
The American Missionary — Volume 43, No. 12, December, 1889 Various
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"Hush! you will wake Raby," he said, and still held her firmly, looking unpityingly down into her face.
Hetty's Strange History Anonymous
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I ask him if he can think of our desolate state, of our past sorrows, of our dark future, and still unpityingly foist upon us this wreck, this ruin, this tottering swindle, this gnarled and blighted and sapless vagabond from Oregon's hospitable shores?
Sketches New And Old Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 1922
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"Now, I reckon you 'll lie still," said Jack unpityingly.
Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport Lawrence Perry 1914
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But, for all the eagerness with which her terror-stricken eyes would search the stars, these looked down indifferently, unpityingly, impersonally, as if they were so inured to the sight of sorrow that they were now careless of any pain they witnessed.
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"You've made a fool of yerself," declared the man, unpityingly.
Frank Merriwell's Cruise Burt L. Standish 1905
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