Meaning of BUTCHERLY
| Pronunciation: | | 'bûchurlee
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- [adj] accompanied by bloodshed; "this bitter and sanguinary war"
- [adj] poorly done; "a botchy piece of work"; "it was an unskillful attempt"
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| | Synonyms: | | bloody, botchy, gory, sanguinary, sanguineous, slaughterous, unskilled, unskillful |
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| | Definition: | | \Butch"er*ly\, a.
Like a butcher; without compunction; savage; bloody; inhuman;
fell. ``The victim of a butcherly murder.'' --D. Webster.
What stratagems, how fell, how butcherly, This deadly
quarrel daily doth beget! --Shak.
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