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butcherly

/booch-er-lee/US // ˈbʊtʃ ər li //

屠夫,屠夫式,屠夫的,屠夫式的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : like, or characteristic of, a butcher.

Examples

  • All this was done, although I sicken to record it; but in the most Blundering Butcherly manner.

  • We'll give them the slip yet, and hang that butcherly thief-taker upon his own gibbet.

  • Will they remove the only motive which could bring me to the butcherly spectacle of their combat?

  • Butcherly blockheads in these high places, and himself lying sick and powerless, unable to lift a hand for the cause he loved.