fairly cruel
Frequency: 5.52.3 per million words
To a moderate degree.
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Examples (10)
- His comments were fairly cruel, but not completely heartless.
- The punishment seemed fairly cruel for such a minor offense.
- She made a fairly cruel joke about his appearance.
- The teacher's criticism was fairly cruel to the struggling student.
- It was fairly cruel of them to ignore her completely.
- The reviewer's words were fairly cruel but somewhat justified.
- His rejection letter was fairly cruel in its bluntness.
- The coach's training methods were fairly cruel but effective.
- Her laughter at his mistake was fairly cruel.
- The reality show's twist was fairly cruel to the contestants.