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ˈbutcherly, a. and adv.
[f. butcher n. + -ly.]
A. as adj. Like or characteristic of a butcher. Said of persons or their actions. lit. and fig.
1513More Hist. Rich. III, 37 He..would haue appointed that bocherly office to some other then his owne borne brother. 1528Roy Sat. (1845) To croutche Before this butcherly sloutche. 1683Evelyn Mem. (1857) III. 192 Lord Russell was beheaded..the executioner giving him three butcherly strokes. 1720De Foe Capt. Singleton viii. (1840) 145 The man..came to be so butcherly and rude, as to shoot at our men. 1826Southey Lett. (1856) III. 537 The..consequence would be division, anarchy, and butcherly civil wars.
¶ Of or connected with physical torture.
1571R. Ascham Scholem. i. (Arb.) 26 Take wholly away this butcherlie feare in making of latines. Ibid. 101 That boocherlie feare.
†B. as adv. In the manner of a butcher; brutally, cruelly, grossly. Obs.
1563–87Foxe A. & M. II. 363 They..understood him butcherly—that he would cut out lumps..out of his body. a1603T. Cartwright Confut. Rhem. N.T. (1618) 421 Our brethren whose bloud you haue butcherly shed. 1678N. Wanley Wonders ii. xx. §5. 126/1 He found his Wife most butcherly mangled.
Hence ˈbutcherliness.
1755in Johnson; and in mod. Dicts. |