[1505–15; butcher + -ly]This word is first recorded in the period 1505–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: alternate, blackjack, joggle, terrace, wagon-ly is a suffix forming adverbs from adjectives. Other words that use the affix -ly include: deeply, elliptically, residually
Examples of 'butcherly' in a sentence
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A witness reported that 'he bore patiently the stroke of a ragged and butcherly miser'.