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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Heartless \Heart"less\, adjective
1. Without a heart.
You have left me heartless; mine is in your bosom. --J. Webster.
2. Destitute of courage; spiritless; despondent.
Heartless they fought, and quitted soon their ground. --Dryden.
Heartless and melancholy. --W. Irwing.
3. Destitute of feeling or affection; unsympathetic; cruel. ''The heartless parasites.'' --Byron. -- {Heart"less*ly}, adverb -- {Heart"less*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
heartlessly
adverb: in a heartless manner; "she behaves rather heartlessly toward her admirers"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
59 Moby Thesaurus words for "heartlessly": apathetically, chickenheartedly, cold-bloodedly, coldheartedly, coldly, cravenly, cruelly, deadpan, dejectedly, despairingly, despondently, discouragedly, disheartenedly, disinterestedly, dispassionately, dispiritedly, downheartedly, dully, faintheartedly, forlornly, harshly, impassively, in cold blood, inclemently, inconsolably, indifferently, inexorably, like a coward, listlessly, mercilessly, numbly, phlegmatically, pitilessly, plucklessly, poltroonishly, relentlessly, remorselessly, ruthlessly, spiritlessly, spunklessly, uncompassionately, unconcernedly, uncourageously, undaringly, unemotionally, unfeelingly, unforgivingly, ungallantly, uninterestedly, unintrepidly, unmercifully, unpassionately, unremorsefully, unsympathetically, unvaliantly, unvalorously, unyieldingly, weakheartedly, with dry eyes
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