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# cruelly

«cruelly» in Mova's school dictionary: **in a cruel way, causing pain or suffering on purpose or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

1) Cruelly means in a cruel way, causing pain or suffering on purpose or without caring. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cruelly/#m1)

2) Cruelly can also mean in a way that seems very unfair or unlucky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cruelly/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, it describes how villains treat others: «cruelly mocked», «cruelly beaten». In sports and news, it describes bad luck: «cruelly injured just before the final». In lessons on kindness and animal care, treating people or animals cruelly is wrong and may be against the law.

### examples

- The wicked stepmother treated Cinderella cruelly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cruelly/#x1)
- The puppy had been cruelly abandoned by the roadside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cruelly/#x2)
- The other children laughed cruelly at his mistake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cruelly/#x3)
- She was cruelly injured a week before the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cruelly/#x4)
- It is against the law to treat animals cruelly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cruelly/#x5)
- The team was cruelly beaten by a goal in the last second. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cruelly/#x6)
- Who can have treated you so cruelly?” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cruelly/#x7)

### note

Spelling: cruel + ly = cruelly (double l). Adjective: cruel; noun: cruelty. If someone treats you or an animal cruelly, tell a trusted adult.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cruelly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cruelly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.