What does butcherly mean?
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butcher·ly
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word butcherly.
Princeton's WordNet
botchy, butcherly, unskillfuladjective
poorly done
"a botchy piece of work"; "it was an unskillful attempt"
gory, sanguinary, sanguineous, slaughterous, butcherlyadjective
accompanied by bloodshed
"this bitter and sanguinary war"
Wiktionary
butcherlyadverb
Like a butcher; cruelly, brutally.
butcherlyadjective
Like a butcher; characterised by slaughter, savage.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Butcherlyadjective
Cruel; bloody; barbarous.
Etymology: from butcher.
There is a way, which, brought into schools, would take away this butcherly fear in making of Latin. Roger Ascham, Schoolm.
What stratagems, how fell, how butcherly,
This deadly quarrel daily doth beget! William Shakespeare, Henry VI.
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butcherly
"Butcherly" is an adjective that describes something done in a manner similar to a butcher, often implying brutality, violence, or lack of finesse. It can also refer to anything related to or characteristic of a butcher or butchery.
Webster Dictionary
Butcherlyadjective
like a butcher; without compunction; savage; bloody; inhuman; fell
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of butcherly in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of butcherly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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