unfeelingly

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ʌnˈfilɪŋli/ UK /ʌnˈfiːlɪŋli/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adv
without sympathy or emotion; callously

He spoke unfeelingly of the layoffs, as if they were mere numbers.

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Synonyms

1 adv · without sympathy or... callously heartlessly coldly cruelly indifferently insensitively

Opposites

compassionatelysympathetically tenderly warmly

Word family

Related forms unfeeling feel feeling

Etymology

From unfeeling (un- 'not' + feeling) + -ly. Feel is from Old English fēlan ('to touch, perceive'), from Proto-Germanic *fōlijaną ('to feel').

-ly Old English fēlan Old English *fōlijaną Proto-Germanic

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# unfeelingly

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** /ʌnˈfilɪŋli/
**IPA (UK):** /ʌnˈfiːlɪŋli/

## Meanings
1. without sympathy or emotion; callously

## Examples
- He spoke unfeelingly of the layoffs, as if they were mere numbers.

## Synonyms
- callously
- heartlessly
- coldly
- cruelly
- indifferently
- insensitively

## Antonyms
- compassionately
- sympathetically
- tenderly
- warmly

## Related Forms
- unfeeling
- feel
- feeling

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: -ly
- Root: fēlan
- Root: *fōlijaną

## Etymology
From unfeeling (un- 'not' + feeling) + -ly. Feel is from Old English fēlan ('to touch, perceive'), from Proto-Germanic *fōlijaną ('to feel').

## AI Etymology
Unfeelingly is from unfeeling (un- 'not' + feeling) + -ly. Feel is from Old English fēlan ('to touch, perceive'), from Proto-Germanic *fōlijaną ('to feel'). Important recorded forms include -ly (Old English), fēlan (Old English), and *fōlijaną (Proto-Germanic). Morphologically, the un- element marks negation, reversal, removal, or deprivation, while the base supplies the action, quality, or state being denied or undone. The modern sense is largely compositional, with the historical elements narrowing into a stable English lexical item. In current use it covers without sympathy or emotion; callously. The wider family includes related words such as unfeeling, feel, and feeling.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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