Lexic.us

Definition of Butcherly

1. Adjective. Poorly done. "It was an unskillful attempt"

2. Adjective. Accompanied by bloodshed. "This bitter and sanguinary war"

Definition of Butcherly

1. a. Like a butcher; without compunction; savage; bloody; inhuman; fell.

Definition of Butcherly

1. Adjective. Like a butcher; characterised by slaughter, savage. ¹

2. Adverb. (obsolete) Like a butcher; cruelly, brutally. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Butcherly

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Butcherly

1. Like a butcher; without compunction; savage; bloody; inhuman; fell. "The victim of a butcherly murder." "What stratagems, how fell, how butcherly, This deadly quarrel daily doth beget!" (Shak) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Butcherly

butcher shop butcherbird butcherbirds butcherdom butchered butcherer butcherers butcheress butcheresses butcheries

butchering butcherings butcherknife butcherknives butcherliness butcherly (current term) butchers butchers' knife butchers' paper butchers knife

butchershop butchershops butches butchest butching butchings butchly butchness butchnesses

Literary usage of Butcherly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cakes and Ale by Douglas William Jerrold (1852)
"Thus, it was no wonder butcherly was astonished at the strange looks of his recent friend—it was no wonder that Brown looked at Miles butcherly as if he did ..."

2. In and Beyond the Himálayas: A Record of Sport and Travel in the Abode of Snow by Samuel James Stone (1896)
"... four feet liy six—The second shot tells—The bull slows down—Circumvent him at last—A butcherly business—The usual reaction—Piercing cold—The Tibetan ..."

3. Dictionary of the French and English Languages by Gabriel Surenne (1856)
"butcherly, adv. d'une manière M1 Butchery, s. boucherie, f. [mal Butler, s. sommelier, ... butcherly ..."

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