Ruthless and Sly

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Ruthless

Ruthless adjective - Having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings.
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Sly and ruthless are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sly" instead an adjective "Ruthless".
Nearby Words: ruthlessly, ruth

Sly

Sly adjective - Clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means.
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Ruthless and sly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ruthless" instead an adjective "Sly".
Nearby Words: slyness, slyly

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  • Alas, Poor Villain Sly Moorcock from Stark by Ben Elton is a ruthless billionaire who has no qualms about leaving Earth with the other billionaires and letting humanity die in the inevitable ecological breakdown.
    Source: Alas, Poor Villain
  • Franchise / Sly Cooper Moral Dissonance: Bentley's plans can sometimes be unnecessarily ruthless, ranging from feeding live Mooks to a crocodile to luring Sly's love interest into taking out local thugs for the gang.
    Source: Franchise / Sly Cooper
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