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Butcherly

adjective
1.
Poorly done.  Synonyms: botchy, unskillful.  "It was an unskillful attempt"
2.
Accompanied by bloodshed.  Synonyms: gory, sanguinary, sanguineous, slaughterous.






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"Butcherly" Quotes from Famous Books



... of you shall form an ambuscade near Holme and two further on within half a mile of Burnley, and shall remain on the watch till dawn, so that you will be sure to capture them, and when taken, make away with them without hesitation. Unless my skull had been of the strongest, that butcherly squire would have cracked it, so he shall have no grace from me; and as to that treacherous witch, Nance Redferne, she deserves death at our hands, and she shall have her deserts. I have long suspected her, and, indeed, was a fool to trust one of the vile Chattox brood, who are all my natural ...
— The Lancashire Witches - A Romance of Pendle Forest • William Harrison Ainsworth



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