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

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