Butcherly
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈbʊtʃəli/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Butcherly is an adjective meaning Like a butcher; characterised by slaughter, savage.
Meaning
Like a butcher; characterised by slaughter, savage.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) Like a butcher; cruelly, brutally.
Example Sentences
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.
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[…].
Synonyms for butcherly
Depending on context, synonyms include sanguineous, sanguinary, bloody, unskilled, gory, slaughterous.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bloody, gory, sanguineous, sanguinary, slaughterous, botchy.
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