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butcherly
/ˈbʊtʃəli/
adj 1adv 1
Collocations
4VERB + BUTCHERLY
realised
BUTCHERLY + NOUN
slaughter, vessels
PREP.
with
ADV.
onely
Definitions
adj
1
Like a butcher; characterised by slaughter, savage.
Alexander comming to the Ocean of India, cast in favour of Thetis many great rich vessels of gold into the Sea, replenishing moreover her Altars with a butcherly slaughter, not onely of innocent beasts, but of men[…].
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.
adv
1
Like a butcher; cruelly, brutally.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — accompanied by bloodshed
- gory
- sanguinary
- sanguineous
- slaughterous
adjective — poorly done
- botchy
- unskillful
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Alexander comming to the Ocean of India, cast in favour of Thetis many great rich vessels of gold into the Sea, replenishing moreover her Altars with a butcherly slaughter, not onely of innocent beast
Wiktionary02
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.
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