butcherly
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adjective \ˈbu̇-chər-lē\Definition of BUTCHERLY
Examples of BUTCHERLY
- <Genghis Khan and his butcherly horde even massacred the livestock of the villages they overran.>
First Known Use of BUTCHERLY
1513
Related to BUTCHERLY
- Synonyms
- atrocious, barbaric, barbarous, brutal, brute, cruel, fiendish, heartless, inhuman, inhumane, sadistic, savage, truculent, vicious, wanton
- Antonyms
- benign, benignant, compassionate, good-hearted, humane, kind, kindhearted, sympathetic, tenderhearted
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