callously

1. 1.

   in a callous way

   “he callously exploited their feelings”

   Synonymsunfeelingly

Questions about callously

What does callously mean?

callously means "in a callous way".

How many syllables are in callously?

callously has 3 syllables: cal-lou-sly. The stress falls on "cal". In IPA it is /ˈkæləsli/.

What is another word for callously?

Close synonyms include unfeelingly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is callously a common word?

callously is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.