butcherly
[ boo ch-er-lee ]
/ ˈbʊtʃ ər li /
adjective
like, or characteristic of, a butcher.
Words nearby butcherly
butcher shop, butcher's, butcher's saw, butcher's-broom, butcherbird, butcherly, butchery, butchy, bute, butenandt, butene
OTHER WORDS FROM butcherly
butch·er·li·ness, nounDictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020
Examples from the Web for butcherly
We'll give them the slip yet, and hang that butcherly thief-taker upon his own gibbet.
Jack Sheppard, Vol. III (of III)|W. Harrison AinsworthButcherly blockheads in these high places, and himself lying sick and powerless, unable to lift a hand for the cause he loved.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend|Charles ReadeWill they remove the only motive which could bring me to the butcherly spectacle of their combat?
The Fair Maid of Perth|Sir Walter Scott