Callously

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Callous \Cal"lous\, a. [L. callosus callous hard, fr. callum,
     callus, callous skin: cf. F. calleux.]
     1. Hardened; indurated. "A callous hand." --Goldsmith. "A
        callous ulcer." --Dunglison.
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     2. Hardened in mind; insensible; unfeeling; unsusceptible.
        "The callous diplomatist." --Macaulay.
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              It is an immense blessing to be perfectly callous to
              ridicule.                             --T. Arnold.
  
     Syn: Obdurate; hard; hardened; indurated; insensible;
          unfeeling; unsusceptible. See {Obdurate}. --
          {Cal"lous*ly}, adv.
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                A callousness and numbness of soul. --Bentley.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  callously
       adv : in a callous way; "he callously exploited their feelings"
             [syn: {unfeelingly}]