hurtful
adjective
causing hurt or injury; injurious; harmful.
hurtfully
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a word derived from
hurtful.
Example Sentences
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I told one of my best friends, who began texting me weekly with messages of concern that seemed hurtfully casual to me: loaded with typos and slang.
From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2020
Thieves and urban explorers have carted off polka-dot mushrooms, a pair of cement lions and, most hurtfully, pieces of the golden-hued path that runs through the park.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2015
My time is limited, and I don’t think I should be forced to be friends with this person out of politeness, but I also don’t want to be a jerk and hurtfully reject him outright.
From Slate ● Jan. 15, 2015
Sean Parker had been quietly, hurtfully ousted from the company after an email was unearthed in which he referred to file-sharers as pirates, something Napster's lawyers were always careful to deny.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 24, 2013
The tightness of dress obstructs the insensible perspiration hurtfully, and produces an irregular circulation.
From The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Florence Hartley
