- 1. a. Like a butcher; without compunction; savage; bloody; inhuman; fell. Source: opted
- 2. adj. poorly done Source: wordnet
- 3. adj. accompanied by bloodshed Source: wordnet
- 4. Like a butcher; without compunction; savage; bloody; inhuman; fell. "The victim of a butcherly murder." D. Webster. What stratagems, how fell, how butcherly, This deadly quarrel daily doth beget! Shak. BUTCHER'S BROOM Butch"er's broom`. (Bot.) A genus of plants (Ruscus); esp. R. aculeatus, which has large red berries and leaflike branches. See Cladophyll. Source: webster
- 5. Like a butcher; without compunction; savage; bloody; inhuman;fell. "The victim of a butcherly murder." D. Webster.What stratagems, how fell, how butcherly, This deadly quarrel dailydoth beget! Shak. Source: adambom
- 6. s poorly done s accompanied by bloodshed Source: ecdict
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