butcherly

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butcherly

/ˈbʊtʃəli/ UK

adjective more butcherly · most butcherly

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[…].

adverb more butcherly · most butcherly

obsolete Like a butcher; cruelly, brutally.

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@misc{butcherly_2026,
  title = {butcherly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/butcherly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}