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cold-bloodedly adverb disapproving(alsocoldbloodedly)uk /ˌkəʊldˈblʌd.ɪd.li/ us /ˌkoʊldˈblʌd.ɪd.li/ in a very cruel way, with no sympathy for other people: The prosecution claimed that he set out deliberately and cold-bloodedly to murder his wife. They lack conscience and feelings for others, coldbloodedly taking what they want and doing as they please. He took advantage of the widow's grief to marry her for her money, then cold-bloodedly left her as soon as he had the chance. Five people were cold-bloodedly shot and injured during the car chase. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Unkind, cruel & unfeeling acerbic acerbically acerbity acidly anti-cruelty cruel cruelly cruelty cruelty to someone/something cutthroat meanness mental cruelty merciless mercilessly mordant trenchant trenchantly uncharitable uncharitably unchristian
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