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Definition of Cruellest
1. cruel [adj] - See also: cruel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cruellest
Literary usage of Cruellest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Church History by Johann Heinrich Kurtz (1889)
"... in the steadfastness and confidence of their faith, and above all in the
joyfulness with which they met the cruellest of deaths by martyrdom. ..."
2. The Lounger's Common-place Book: Or Miscellaneous Collections in History by Jeremiah Whitaker Newman (1838)
"... and denominations, that I should prefer suffering the cruellest of deaths to
drawing the sword against any of my countrymen ;" a sentiment in which the ..."
3. The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical by Alexander Chalmers (1816)
"... particulars;1 knelt down, and kissing it, prayed earnestly, as Latimer did
also, and both suffered the cruellest death .with the greatest courage. ..."
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