ruthfully

Etymology
From, equivalent to.

Adverb

 * 1)  In a manner that is ruthful:
 * 2) Sorrowfully, ruefully.
 * 3) In a manner that causes pity; piteously.
 * 4) * 1997, Neil W. Hamilton (quoting Owen Lattimore), Zealotry and Academic Freedom, page 313,
 * This commonplace observation becomes very poignant when you are the man accused, and a man like McCarthy ruthfully exploits his advantage by making the accusations so sensational that the revelation of the truth seems drab and dull by comparison.
 * 1) Compassionately; mercifully.
 * 1) * 1997, Neil W. Hamilton (quoting Owen Lattimore), Zealotry and Academic Freedom, page 313,
 * This commonplace observation becomes very poignant when you are the man accused, and a man like McCarthy ruthfully exploits his advantage by making the accusations so sensational that the revelation of the truth seems drab and dull by comparison.
 * 1) Compassionately; mercifully.