unsparingly

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English

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Etymology

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From unsparing +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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unsparingly (comparative more unsparingly, superlative most unsparingly)

  1. In an unsparing manner.
    • 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 205:
      But when Boshy's ill-spelt, hopeful letters came, her heart charged her unsparingly, though her carefully school-dictated replies to him were destined to contain no hint of failure.