FELLY Synonyms: 91 Similar and Opposite Words

felly

adverb

Definition of felly

as in cruelly

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No matter how cruelly politicians and pundits discuss them, and no matter how desensitized the American people become by this rhetoric, immigrant kids are still kids.

— Hannah Harshe, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2026
And, if Barisone was psychotically deluded, how was the jury meant to understand the defense’s central framing, which was that Kanarek had cruelly tried to harm Barisone?

— Ian Parker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of cruelly

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The race is widely seen as a referendum on Netanyahu's nearly unbroken 17-year rule, which had left Israelis bitterly divided on a host of issues even before the deadliest attack in the country's history.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2026
The race was widely seen as a referendum on Netanyahu’s nearly unbroken 17-year rule, which had left Israelis bitterly divided on a host of issues even before the deadliest attack in the country’s history.

— Tia Goldenberg, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of bitterly

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His dreams are elsewhere, but his father is dying, so Joey has returned, resentfully, to take his station behind the bar.

— New York Times, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2026
Pacino had to leap and, eventually, resentfully, stand on a chair to spray-paint over the bank’s cameras.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2026

Definition of resentfully

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His family stared balefully at him, waiting for some alchemy to be performed by his hand, like those trips when he was somehow expected to navigate them through an unknown city.

— Emma Cline, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026
Among the innards and the great slab of white tail fat was the sheep's head, balefully gazing up at me.

— Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2024

Definition of balefully

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But there were more hilarious moments, the biggest being Tkachuk's full-on heel turn when the team showed a tribute video that got mercilessly booed by the crowd.

— Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
This is no small feat in a city where working class locals are priced out mercilessly to make way for the ultra-wealthy here to work on their winter tans.

— Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of mercilessly

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From France’s prime minister to five candidates for president, much of the French political establishment took part in the Catholic ceremony, a striking display of reverence from a country that jealously guards its secular identity.

— Mark Landler, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2026
These harems will be jealously guarded by the herd bull for the duration of the rut.

— Jim Zumbo, Outdoor Life, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of jealously

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Yet, since the post went up, some people have unkindly critiqued her cheeks, nose, chin and complexion, while others wonder what the fuss is all about.

— Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 26 Feb. 2026
Tabloids and magazines regularly reported on the state of the relationship, often unkindly.

— Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2026

Definition of unkindly

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