Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CRU'EL-LY
CRU'EL-LY, adv.
- In a cruel manner; with cruelty; inhumanly; barbarously. Because he cruelly oppressed, he shall die in his iniquity. – Ezek xviii.
- Painfully; with severe pain, or torture; as, an instrument may cut the flesh most cruelly.
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