remorselessly

English

Etymology

From remorseless +‎ -ly.

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Adverb

remorselessly (comparative more remorselessly, superlative most remorselessly)

1. Without remorse; in a remorseless manner.
   • 1859, anonymous author, Brook Farm: The Amusing and Memorable of American Country Life‎^[1], London: MacIntosh and Hunt, page 113:

     Occasionally you might have beheld us chasing up scores of Dorkings,—which had been our admiration for the twelvemonth, and massacreing them remorselessly for the public good: our turkeys and geese, too, were in continual jeopardy of their lives. But,—these Thuggish propensities notwithstanding, we took a paternal interest in our feathered family.

   • 1848 October 7, “Morals and Murder – the Case of Eliza Wilson”, in The Medical Times‎^[2], volume 18, number 471, London, page 373:

     The quack abortionist, with “a little knowledge,” impudently, remorselessly, and secretly employs his craft for filthy lucre’s sake, perpetrating one crime to conceal another, at which science and charity blush.

   • 1903, W. E. B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk, Chicago: A. C. McClurg, Chapter 7, “Of the Black Belt,” p. 117,^[3]

     […] now only the black tenant remains; but the shadow-hand of the master’s grand-nephew or cousin or creditor stretches out of the gray distance to collect the rack-rent remorselessly, and so the land is uncared-for and poor.

   • 1911, Jack London, Adventure:

     Wild tomatoes, which had gone to seed or been remorselessly hoed out from the beginning of Berande, were foraged for salads, soups, and sauces.

   • 2023 March 6, Adrian Fulford, R v Wayne Couzens, sentencing remarks‎^[4], Paragraph 27:

     It cannot be suggested in my view that the Metropolitan Police, even for a moment, attempted to close ranks to protect one of their own. Instead, remorselessly, efficiently and impartially the investigating officers followed all the available leads, resulting in an overwhelming case against the accused.