callously
無神経に
解説 Definition
無神経に、冷淡に、他者の感情や苦しみに無関心な様子で行動する副詞。情け容赦ない、冷血な態度で。
Callously means in a cruel or emotionally cold way, without showing care for other people's feelings or suffering. It is often used when someone speaks or acts as if another person's pain does not matter. The word usually has a strong negative tone.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
まず形で覚えると残りやすいです。callous が「無神経な」で、-ly が付いて副詞化したのが callously。「無神経な態度で行う」がそのまま「無神経に」。よく出るのは treat someone callously, laugh callously, dismiss concerns callously のように、人の痛みや訴えを切り捨てる場面。coldly も「冷たく」ですが、callously は特に“相手の苦しみを気にしない”感じが強いです。つづりは cautiously と少し見た目が似るので混同注意。
Start with `callous` and then add `-ly`: `callously` is simply the adverb form. It often appears in phrases like `treat someone callously` or `dismiss concerns callously`, so connect it with a cold reaction to another person's pain. Be careful not to mix it up with `cautiously`, which looks similar but has a very different feeling.
例文
He callously dismissed her concerns without any consideration.
彼は配慮なく彼女の懸念を無神経に却下した。
The executive callously laid off hundreds of employees without support.
その経営者は何のサポートも提供せず、数百人の従業員を無神経に解雇した。
She spoke callously about the tragedy, showing no empathy for victims.
彼女はその悲劇について無神経に話し、犠牲者への共感を示さなかった。
callously の類義語・関連語
派生語
callously の語源・成り立ち Etymology
callously は callous「無情な、たこのように硬い」+ 副詞語尾 -ly。callous はラテン語 callosus「硬い皮のある」← callum/callus「たこ」にさかのぼり、心が皮膚のように硬いイメージから「無神経に」となる。関連語は callus, callosity。
This word is built from callous and the adverb ending -ly. Callous comes from Latin callosus, meaning "hard-skinned," from callum or callus, meaning a hard patch of skin. The idea later moved from physical hardness to emotional hardness, so callously came to mean acting with a heart that seems hardened. Related English words include callus and callosity.
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