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Princeton's WordNet

  1. callously, unfeelinglyadverb

    in a callous way

    "he callously exploited their feelings"

Wiktionary

  1. callouslyadverb

    In a callous manner; done without regard to others' sensitivities.

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  1. callously

    Callously refers to behaving in a way that demonstrates an insensitive or indifferent disregard for others. It describes an attitude or manner that is unfeeling, heartless, or cruel, showing no concern for the emotions, well-being or suffering of others.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of callously in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of callously in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of callously in a Sentence

  1. Sigal Mandelker:

    Corrupt officials callously enrich themselves at the expense of their fellow citizens and economic sanctions impose a serious cost to those individuals and limit their ability to enjoy their ill-gotten gains.

  2. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush:

    With regards to women's health funding broadly, I misspoke, as there are countless community health centers, rural clinics, and other women's health organizations that need to be fully funded. They provide critical services to all, but particularly low-income women who don't have the access they need, i was referring to the hard-to-fathom $ 500 million in federal funding that goes to Planned Parenthood -- an organization that was callously participating in the unthinkable practice of selling fetal organs. Democrats and Republicans agree we absolutely must defund them and redirect those funds to other women's health organizations.

  3. Lonnie Phillips:

    While he was spared, he callously delivered a death sentence to our daughter and 11 other innocent people.

  4. Frank LaRose:

    It's a bad idea to callously give away the right to vote to people that haven't earned it, i think that citizenship has value, citizenship has status. So many of our ancestors worked so hard to earn that citizenship.

  5. Xavier Becerra:

    This new Trump rule callously puts at risk the safety and well-being of children. It undermines a decades-old agreement reached in court by the federal government to prevent the unlawful detention of immigrant children, we're taking the Trump Administration to court to protect children from the irreparable harm caused by unlawful and unnecessary detention.

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