barbaric

[bahr-bar-ik]

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adjective

without civilizing influences; uncivilized; primitive: barbaric invaders.

of, like, or befitting barbarians: a barbaric empire; barbaric practices.

crudely rich or splendid: barbaric decorations.

Origin of barbaric

1480–90; < Latin barbaricus < Greek barbarikós. See barbarous, -ic

Related formsbar·bar·i·cal·ly, adverbnon·bar·bar·ic, adjectivepre·bar·bar·ic, adjective

Synonym study

1, 3. See barbarian.

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Examples from the Web for barbarically

The Sikhs who succeeded the Afghans were not so barbarically cruel, but they were hard and rough masters.
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The outer walls are barbarically huge and heavy, and superb in color.
The Near East|Robert Hichens
These should be barbarically glowing, since it is partly in their wild flare of color that the beauty of the Blanket Dance lies.
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It was barbarically hung with banners, but it was not exactly a cheery place.
The Pirates of Ersatz|Murray Leinster

The rhythms are joyously, barbarically, at times almost frenetically, free.
Musical Portraits|Paul Rosenfeld

British Dictionary definitions for barbarically

barbaric

adjective

of or characteristic of barbarians

primitive or unsophisticated; unrestrained

brutal

Derived Formsbarbarically, adverb

Word Origin for barbaric

C15: from Latin barbaricus foreign, outlandish; see barbarous

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Word Origin and History for barbarically

barbaric

adj.

late 15c., "uncultured, uncivilized, unpolished," from French barbarique (15c.), from Latin barbaricus "foreign, strange, outlandish," from Greek barbarikos "like a foreigner," from barbaros "foreign, rude" (see barbarian). Meaning "pertaining to barbarians" is from 1660s.