unmercifully

/ənˈmɝsɪfəɫli/ adv

In an unmerciful manner.

Word Origin Surprisingly, mercy comes from Latin merces 'reward, wages' — the same root that gives us commerce and merchant. The idea: mercy was originally a 'reward' or 'favor' shown to someone. Unmercifully is the opposite: acting without that favor, relentlessly. The breakdown un+mercy+ful+ly shows the stacking of 'not' + 'mercy' + 'full of' + 'in a manner.' Related words like merciless and commercial all trace back to that marketplace root *merk-.

adv In an unmerciful manner.

The critics attacked his new book unmercifully.

(副词) 无情地;残忍地;冷酷地

评论家们毫不留情地抨击了他的新书。

(adverbio) sin piedad; despiadadamente; implacablemente; cruelmente [Sin piedad; despiadadamente.]

Los críticos atacaron **sin piedad** su nuevo libro.

(adverbe) impitoyablement; sans pitié; sans merci; cruellement [Sans la moindre pitié ni indulgence ; d'une façon impitoyable.]

Les critiques ont unmercifully démoli son nouveau livre dans leurs articles.

(Adverb) gnadenlos; erbarmungslos [Auf eine gnadenlose, schonungslose Weise; ohne Mitgefühl oder Rücksicht.]

Die Kritiker griffen sein neues Buch **unmercifully** an.

(副詞) 情け容赦なく、過酷に。

批評家たちは彼の新刊を情け容赦もなく酷評した。

(advérbio) impiedosamente; sem piedade; cruelmente [Sem piedade; impiedosamente.]

Os críticos atacaram seu novo livro sem piedade.

Word parts: un + mercy + ful + ly

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