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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

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

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

From Poems and Songs by Arthur Hubbell Palmer

O that my death would stay these ruthful deeds!—

From King Henry VI, Part 3 by William Shakespeare

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 Christopher Marlowe


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