About The Word Butcherly
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Butcherly
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What's The Definition Of Butcherly?
[adj] accompanied by bloodshed; "this bitter and sanguinary war"
[adj] poorly done; "a botchy piece of work"; "it was an unskillful attempt" Synonyms | Synonyms for Butcherly: bloody | botchy | gory | sanguinary | sanguineous | slaughterous | unskilled | unskillful Related Terms | Find terms related to Butcherly: See Also | Butcherly In Webster's Dictionary \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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