Sekirov Dictionary

butcherly

/ˈbʊtʃəli/

adjective 1
adverb 1
forms 2

adjective1

•
Like a butcher; characterised by slaughter, savage.
- She had not realised how butcherly the severed vessels would look, and she had not reckoned with the horrid halitus of blood, which steamed to her nostrils under the blazing sun. — 1932

adverb1

(no longer used) Like a butcher; cruelly, brutally.

forms

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