Usually means: Showing no concern for others.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word callously:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. callously: Merriam-Webster
  2. callously: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. callously: Collins English Dictionary
  4. callously: Vocabulary.com
  5. callously: Wordnik
  6. callously: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. callously: Wiktionary
  8. callously: Dictionary.com
  9. callously: Rhymezone
  10. callously: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. callously: FreeDictionary.org
  12. callously: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. callously: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. callously: Legal dictionary

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. callously: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. callously: Medical dictionary

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▸ adverb:  In a callous manner; done without regard to others' sensitivities.

Similar:
unfeelingly, tactlessly, inconsiderately, insensitively, uncaringly, compassionlessly, heartlessly, carelessly, cold-heartedly, coldly, more...

Opposite:
compassionately, empathetically, kindly, tenderly

Types:
indifferently, unconcernedly, insensitively, apathetically, unfeeling, more...

Phrases:
callously discard, more...



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Similar:
unfeelingly, tactlessly, inconsiderately, insensitively, uncaringly, compassionlessly, heartlessly, carelessly, cold-heartedly, coldly, more...

Opposite:
compassionately, empathetically, kindly, tenderly

Types:
indifferently, unconcernedly, insensitively, apathetically, unfeeling, more...

Phrases:
callously discard, more...



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