butcherly

形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
/ˈbʊtʃəli/   

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Like a butcher; characterised by slaughter, savage.
    — Alexander comming to the Ocean of India, cast in favour of Thetis many great rich vessels of gold into the Sea, replenishing moreover her Altars with a butcherly slaughter, not onely of innocent beasts, but of men[…].
副词 adv.
  1. Like a butcher; cruelly, brutally. obsolete

词形变化

more butcherly comparative most butcherly superlative more butcherly comparative most butcherly superlative

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English butch
English -er
English butcher
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-West Germanic *-līk
Old English -līċ
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English butcherly
From butcher + -ly.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English butch
English -er
English butcher
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-West Germanic *-līk
Old English -līċ
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English butcherly
From butcher + -ly.
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