as in viciously
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Recent Examples of abusively
When Rabbit asks to be the one to adopt Stacey after her graduation, Evelyn abusively rejects the notion and Rabbit is crushed.
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Erin Qualey, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abusively
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The 89-minute running time doesn’t allow much exposition, and in fact the opening sequence shows a veterinarian coming to treat a sickly Ben before having his face viciously torn off.—
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Adusei said her brother barely had time to unwind and unpack from his overseas trip before he was viciously attacked.—
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Relatives said the timing of the broad-daylight attack made Ennin’s death that much more difficult to deal with, knowing that his reward for long-overdue time off was being savagely knifed to death on his first day back at work.—
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When servicemen attacked, young men were savagely beaten, some stripped of their zoot suits and left naked and unconscious on the street.—
Adverb
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Audit your activities ruthlessly.—
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Much of this year’s online discourse has grown particularly toxic, as many WNBA fans ruthlessly tear down players in the name of their faves, with many of these players experiencing a torrent of online and verbal abuse.—
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Gossip Girl centered around a group of wealthy high school students who are being terrorized by a mysterious and vicious blogger (who was voiced by Kristen Bell) who mercilessly spills all of their secrets.—
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The crowd boos Glen so mercilessly.—
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In this volatile environment, comments that appear to minimize or frame the shooting insensitively—like Matt Gutman's—can quickly become career-ending.—
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Sahroni has faced accusations of responding insensitively to people calling for parliament to be dissolved amid anger over lawmakers’ allowances.—
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The director plays up the humor a lot more than Westlake’s callously cynical prose, for better or worse.—
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But after the Sriracha-maker callously withheld payments from Underwood, the relationship deteriorated and litigation followed.—
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In the process, Joel heartlessly killed some innocent people, including medical professionals.—
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There is a troubling suggestion of abuse, implying that Jack might have been ill-treated by his mom (and saved by Helen), rather than heartlessly abandoned.—
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And the United States, the world’s leading producer of both oil and natural gas, is now aggressively pressuring countries to keep buying and burning fossil fuels.—
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As Webster continued aggressively yelling, Rathbun reached over the barricade and shoved him back.—
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“Abusively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abusively. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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