'cruelly
World English Dictionary
cruel (ˈkruːəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | causing or inflicting pain without pity: a cruel teacher |
| 2. | causing pain or suffering: a cruel accident |
| [C13: from Old French, from Latin crūdēlis, from crūdus raw, bloody] | |
| 'cruelly | |
| —adv | |
| 'cruelness | |
| —n | |
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'cruelly
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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