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brutishly, adv.|ˈbruːtɪʃlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
1. In a brutish manner; irrationally, sensually.
1579Fulke Refut. Rastel 749 He reasoneth brutishly with putting such cases. 1674J. B[rian] Harvest Home iii. 11 Brutishly sottish, and stupidly irrational. 1720De Foe Capt. Singleton i. (1840) 8 They were so brutishly wicked. 1868Browning Ring & Bk. x. 1701 Why not live brutishly, obey my law?
2. With brutish indifference to the feelings; coarsely, boorishly, savagely, brutally.
1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Mastiner..to reuile one and vse him mastife like, brutishly, foulye. 1688Sir J. Knatchbull Diary in N. & Q. iii. VI. 3 They brutishly answered, Damn you..how will you endure hell-fire? a1734North Lives (1826) II. 129 Sitting there to hear his decrees most brutishly and effrontrously arraigned, &c. 1807G. Chalmers Caledonia I. ii. vi. 310 Even Iona had orchards..till the Vikingr brutishly ruined all. 1825Ld. Cockburn Mem. iii. 174 A very curious edifice..was brutishly obliterated without one public murmur. |