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ruthful

[rooth-fuhl] / ˈruθ fəl /


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Solskjær’s side are too ruthful in attack and defence, but can offset these weaknesses by dominating opponents in midfield.

From The Guardian Dec. 31, 2020

Naught meets you there but the childlike, truthful, And sin is kissed from your forehead ruthful.

From Poems and Songs by Palmer, Arthur Hubbell

Sweet Almeda, pity the ruthful plight Of Callapine, the son of Bajazeth, Born to be monarch of the western world, Yet here detain'd by cruel Tamburlaine.

From Tamburlaine the Great — Part 2 by Marlowe, Christopher

Sad was the man that word to hear that him so heavied in bowels ruthful.

From Ulysses by Joyce, James

P unctual be throughout the day; O bedient to superiors; I ndustrious in every way; N ot haughty to inferiors: T ruthful in word, and trim in dress; S hun folly, and for wisdom press.

From The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young by Various




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