hurtfully
adverb
uk/ˈhɜːt.fəl.i/us/ˈhɝːt.fəl.i/in a way that ishurtful(=causingemotionalpain):
It wasn't said hurtfully, ormaliciously.
Theyintrudeunnecessarilyand often hurtfully into people'sprivacy.
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hurtful
- They're still the most hurtfullymisunderstoodcoupleinshowbiz.
- He waspolite, though sometimes hurtfullyblunt.
- Hetreatedherviciouslyand hurtfully.
Saddening, shocking and upsetting
- affecting
- agonizingly
- arrogance
- baleful
- be cold comfortidiom
- distressing
- distressingly
- dolorous
- ego trip
- egoism
- impiously
- impiousness
- lacerating
- loftiness
- narcissism
- teary
- touching
- touchingly
- tragically
- traumatic