1
treat sb cruelly
The manager cruelly treated his staff.
经理残忍地对待他的员工。
残忍地；残酷地
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
残忍地；残酷地
with cruelty
The manager cruelly treated his staff.
经理残忍地对待他的员工。
残酷地；残忍地。
In a cruel manner; with cruelty.
The manager cruelly dismissed the employee without any warning.
经理没有发出任何警告就残忍地解雇了员工。
He cruelly broke her heart by leaving without saying goodbye.
他残忍地伤透了她的心，没道别就离开了。
The children cruelly laughed at the new student's accent.
孩子们残忍地嘲笑新同学的口音。
The manager cruelly treated his staff.
经理残忍地对待他的员工。
She was cruelly betrayed by her closest friend.
她被她最亲密的朋友残酷地背叛了。
cruelly 作程度状语时可表示“极度、非常”，用于加强语气。
The weather was cruelly cold.
天气极其寒冷。
Not this
He treated the dog cruel.
Use this
He treated the dog cruelly.
动词 treated 需要副词修饰，形容词 cruel 不能作状语；中文“残忍地”对应副词 cruelly。
Not this
He treated the dog with cruelly.
Use this
He treated the dog with cruelty.
介词 with 后需接名词 cruelty 作宾语，副词 cruelly 不能作介词宾语；也可改用动词+副词形式 treated the dog cruelly。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
残忍地对待某人
No one should treat a defenseless animal cruelly.
任何人都不应残忍地对待无自卫能力的动物。
被残忍杀害
The young mother was cruelly murdered in front of her children.
那位年轻母亲在自己的孩子面前被残忍杀害。
受到残酷惩罚
He was cruelly punished for a crime he did not commit.
他因一项并非自己犯下的罪行而受到残酷惩罚。
被残忍嘲笑
The shy boy was cruelly mocked by his classmates.
那个害羞的男孩遭到同学们的残忍嘲笑。
冷酷直率；尖刻坦诚
He was cruelly honest about her cooking, which hurt her feelings.
他冷酷直率地评价她的厨艺，这伤了她的感情。
短得残酷；极其短暂
The summer vacation was cruelly short.
暑假短得残酷。
Use cruelly naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
cruelly 由 cruel（残忍的）+ ly（副词后缀）组成，记住：残忍地、残酷地做某事；它还可表示“极其”，如 cruelly cold（冷得残酷）。
语域：mixed 常见场景：describing cruel actions or treatment、with adjectives meaning 'extremely' “cruelly”的两个义项语域略有差异：表示“残忍地、残酷地”时属于中性常用表达，日常和书面均可使用；表示“极、过度地”时多用于带夸张或文学色彩的说法，搭配相对有限。
作程度副词时意为“极其”，修饰形容词或其他副词；作方式副词时意为“残忍地”，修饰动词。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.