Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word.

The Government ruthlessly decided to force its citizens to pay taxes even during famine.

Leniently

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.