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brutishly

adverb

Definition of brutishlynext
as in savagely

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  1. savagely
  2. viciously
  3. abusively
  4. ruthlessly
  5. inhumanly
  6. mercilessly
  7. pitilessly
  8. tyrannically
Adverb
  • Rosie O'Donnell has returned to television to savagely roast one of her biggest foes.
    — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Anderson plays the deceased family matriarch who lost her life after a pack of wolves savagely gobbled her up, leaving nearly nothing behind to be buried.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 24 July 2026
Definition of savagely
Adverb
  • Noa dances viciously, slamming her body raw in front of the stage.
    — Robert Rubsam, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026
  • In an early 2000s commercial, Michelob Ultra portrayed a woman getting viciously tackled in a football game at a park.
    — Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of viciously
Adverb
  • Ritter has disciplined Menapace after the lawmaker acted rudely or abusively to a committee clerk.
    — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2026
  • Instead, the justices suggested that the board should propose a state law that could impose penalties, such as reductions in attorneys’ fees, for lawyers who act abusively.
    — Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Mar. 2026
Definition of abusively
Adverb
  • The Joker, Batman movies Batman’s greatest adversary is ruthlessly, functionally insane.
    — Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The first at Lord's was only 110 on Friday, and two days later England's all-seam attack was ruthlessly picking apart the top order again.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of ruthlessly
Adverb
  • For her next project, she’s headed as far from there as humanly (or inhumanly) possible.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2026
Definition of inhumanly
Adverb
  • This is no small feat in a city where working class locals are priced out mercilessly to make way for the ultra-wealthy here to work on their winter tans.
    — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Despite her clear influence, Rico was mercilessly heckled by Carti fans during her performance at the Portland tour stop.
    — Mehan Jayasuriya, Pitchfork, 24 July 2026
Definition of mercilessly
Adverb
  • The first hour, set at a resort that’s like a singles cruise through the Twilight Zone (or Bachelor in Paradise beamed in from a brutal alternate universe), contains some of the most pitilessly funny scenes of the filmmaker’s career.
    — A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
Definition of pitilessly
Adverb
  • Gulliver’s third voyage takes him to the flying island of Laputa, which rules tyrannically over several territories situated below.
    — Dónal Gill, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of tyrannically
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