barbarously
- adverb
- /ˈbɑːrbərəsli/
:
barbaramente
- The animals were mistreated barbarously in the illegal fighting ring, leading to public outrage.
Examples
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Most being unable to, they were barbarously punished, against the express wish of Your Christian Majesties...
Fiction book (1992) -
Thus to barbarously split and infinitive is barbaric.
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Traveling to Crab Orchard, Kentucky, he similarly hears from whites how "a Cherokee was killed, in cold blood, by their unruly people," whom "they acknowledged... were barbarously cruel" (161).
Academic text (2016) -
In the view of a European observer in the early 1820s, Ogbebo was the favorite of the inhabitants of Benin, yet he was deposed after a sanguinary conflict in which many chiefs were killed, and the rest of the conquered were afterwards barbarously put to death (Royal Gold.
Academic text (1991) -
The villagers were treated barbarously during the invasion, suffering immense cruelty at the hands of the soldiers.
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He acted barbarously towards those who disagreed with him, showing no mercy or compassion.
Synonyms
142
6.1
In a cruel or very harsh way that causes harm
49
3.5
In a severe or unkind way that feels unpleasant
36
1.4
In a hard, violent way that shows no care
34
5.7
In a cruel and violent way
22
6.7
In a very violent and cruel way
22
6.4
In a way that shows no pity
18
6.6
To act without pity and treat people very harshly
16
3.0
In a way that hurts people on purpose
12
5.6
In a very strong and angry way
7
7.7
In a way that shows no care for other people's feelings
5
6.3
In an evil and cruel way that harms other people
5
6.8
In a very cruel and shocking way
3
7.6
In a very harsh and cruel way showing no kindness
3
8.4
In a cruel way that shows pleasure when other people are hurt
2
6.9
In a way that shocks and disgusts people
2
5.1
In an unpleasant, angry, or mean way
2
8.8
In a very intense and unpleasant way
2
6.3
In a cruel way that often uses hurtful words or actions
1
7.5
In a violent way that causes a lot of bleeding and injury
1
8.4
To do something in a very shocking and cruel way
1
7.0
In a cruel way that shows unkind feelings and hurts others
1
7.6
In a way that shows no pity or mercy
1
8.2
In a very cruel and unfair way
1
7.5
In a cruel and violent way that shows no kindness
1
8.1
In a cruel and violent way that hurts people
1
8.9
Says things in a mean, slightly cruel way to hurt someone
1
8.0
In a rough way that hurts or upsets someone
In a violent, cruel way like a wild animal
In a very harsh and old-fashioned way that is cruel
In a harsh, rude way that upsets people when speaking or acting
Antonyms
How Cruel
- NSFW
1
7.0
- NSFW
22
6.7
- Offensive
142
6.1
16
3.0
49
3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
barbarously = barbarous (transparent) = barbar + ous + ly
Formed by the regular adverbial suffix '-ly' added to the adjective 'barbarous', yielding a standard manner adverb.
Etymology
Barbarously comes from the old Greek word barbaros, a name for people who spoke a strange 'bar-bar' sound and were seen as outsiders or 'uncivilized'. That's why barbarously means doing something cruelly or in an uncivilized way, and it is related to the word barbarian.