Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word.
The Government ruthlessly decided to force its citizens to pay taxes even during famine.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The most appropriate antonym of the underlined word ruthlessly is leniently.
- Ruthlessly means without mercy or compassion.
- Leniently means showing mercy or compassion.
- Indifferently means without interest or concern.
- Unscrupulously means without moral principles.
- Tyrannically means in a cruel and oppressive manner.