butcherly

adjective

butch·​er·​ly ˈbu̇-chər-lē 

: resembling a butcher : savage

Synonyms

• atrocious
• barbaric
• barbarous
• brutal
• brute
• cruel
• fiendish
• heartless
• inhuman
• inhumane
• sadistic
• savage
• truculent
• vicious
• wanton

Examples of butcherly in a Sentence

Genghis Khan and his butcherly horde even massacred the livestock of the villages they overran.

Word History

First Known Use

1513, in the meaning defined above