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inhumanly
adverb
uk /ɪnˈhjuː.mən.li/ us /ɪnˈhjuː.mən.li//ɪnˈjuː.mən.li/
in an extremely cruel way:
The inspector said that she had behaved inhumanly towards the children in her care.
During the conflict, many civilians were treated inhumanly by the occupying forces.
in a way that is unusual or frightening because it is not like a normal human being:
The figure came towards us with inhumanly large strides.
Most of the prison guards acted in an inhumanly robotic fashion.
People were dragged from their homes, imprisoned, and inhumanly treated.
She was able to write at an inhumanly fast speed.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Unkind, cruel & unfeeling
acerbic
acerbically
acerbity
acidly
anti-cruelty
cold-heartedly
cruel
cruelly
cruelty
cruelty to someone/something
meanness
mental cruelty
merciless
mercilessly
mordant
trenchant
trenchantly
uncharitable
uncharitably
unchristian
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