ruthlessly adv 1: in a ruthless manner; "the government has been urged to take immediate action to deal ruthlessly with the strikers"
Ruthless \Ruth"less\, a. Having no ruth; cruel; pitiless. [1913 Webster] Their rage the hostile bands restrain, All but the ruthless monarch of the main. --Pope. [1913 Webster] -- {Ruth"less*ly}, adv. -- {Ruth"less*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]