Heart"less , a.
1. Without a heart.
You have left
me heartless; mine is in your bosom.
J. Webster.
2. Destitute of courage; spiritless; despondent.
Heartless they fought, and quitted soon their ground.
Dryden.
Heartless and melancholy.
W. Irwing. 3. Destitute of feeling or affection; unsympathetic; cruel. "The heartless parasites." Byron.
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Heart"less*ly, adv. -- Heart"less*ness, n.