my mother spoke to me cruelly for doing something bad
adverbs can describe verbs adjectives, and other adverbs. A dictionary would suggest that you use "cruelly" instead of "cruel" as an adverb: "he sneered cruelly" I can't think of a situation where "cruel" would be the adverb. A good test for adverbs is that: 1) They often have a (-y) suffix 2) They still make grammatical sense almost anywhere in the sentence: "cruelly, he sneered" ; "he cruelly sneered"; "he sneered cruelly" .
The comparative and superlative to the word cruelly are "more cruel" and "cruellest".
The garbage disposal cruelly compressed the ping-pong ball that accidentally fell in.
more cruelly, most cruelly
Fiercely, cruelly, viciously, and savagely are word. Those mean brutally.
The form of "cruel" that would be considered an abstract noun would be "cruelty".
You would think that proving her wrong would have given him sufficient satisfaction, but he went on to insult her personally and quite cruelly.
You can compress the files before sending them to save space.
Yes, some tigers are killed cruelly by illegal poachers for their fur and meat.
The correct spelling of the adverb is viciously(violently, cruelly).The word that has a S is viscous, meaning thick.
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