brutally

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brutally

adverb more brutally · most brutally

  1. In a brutal manner; viciously, barbarically. From another point of view, it was a place without a soul. The well-to-do had hearts of stone; the rich were brutally bumptious; the Press, the Municipality, all the public men, were ridiculously, vaingloriously self-satisfied.
  2. In a direct way that does not attempt to hide, disguise, or mask unpleasantness; directly. He was not an expert but he was brutally honest by saying he couldn’t help the customer find a solution.
  3. slang Extremely. You know, I am so glad I never did it with someone I had lukewarm feelings for. Christian is brutally hot, and I am going to remember tonight forever.

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Closest in meaning: savagely, viciously, wildly, harshly, roughly, crudely, severely, cruelly, fiendishly, fiercely, sharply, rudely, grossly, badly, vehemently, violently

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adv in a brutal manner

Españolbrutalmente
हिन्दीबर्बरतापूर्वक barbartāpūrvak, क्रूरतापूर्वक krūrtāpūrvak
Françaisbrutalement, sauvagement
Deutschbrutal
Italianobrutalmente, barbaramente

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@misc{brutally_2026,
  title = {brutally},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/brutally},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}