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butcherly

[ booch-er-lee ]

adjective

  1. like, or characteristic of, a butcher. butcher.


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Other Words From

  • butcher·li·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of butcherly1

First recorded in 1505–15; butcher + -ly

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Example Sentences

All this was done, although I sicken to record it; but in the most Blundering Butcherly manner.

We'll give them the slip yet, and hang that butcherly thief-taker upon his own gibbet.

Will they remove the only motive which could bring me to the butcherly spectacle of their combat?

Butcherly blockheads in these high places, and himself lying sick and powerless, unable to lift a hand for the cause he loved.

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