adverb
crūdēliter
crūdēliter (comparative crūdēlius, superlative crūdēlissimē)
Classical[kruːˈdeː.lɪ.tɛr]Ecclesiastical[kruˈdɛː.li.ter]
Meaning
- cruelly
In the readers how our graded readers gloss it
cruelly
crūdēliter — in Seneca, ch. XIX
crūdēlĭter, adv., v. crudelis
I. fin. b.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
crūdēliter adv. with comp. and sup.
crudelis, cruelly, fiercely, in a cruel manner, C.: excruciatus, Cs.: victoriam exercebant, S.: crudelius factum: amare, O.: supplicium crudelissime sumere.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-teros? Latin -ter Latin crūdēliter From crūdēlis (“cruel, hard-hearted”) + -ter.