ruthful
adjective
compassionate or sorrowful.
ruthfully
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a word derived from
ruthful.
Example Sentences
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"It be more to his liking to come while the master be home to welcome him," said De Stutevill, ruthfully.
From The Outlaw of Torn by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Stover rose, found his bat and ruthfully forced himself back to his position.
From The Varmint by Frederic Rodrigo Gruger
Upon the grounde traylynge ruthfully behynde Se howe he auengyd Patroclus his frende.
From The Ship of Fools, Volume 1 by Alexander Barclay
“Well, don’t pull it to pieces,” said Arthur, ruthfully.
From The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett by Compton MacKenzie
