brutishly
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8.1
- adverb
- /ˈbruːtɪʃli/
- NSFW
- Kohoutek was brutishly jealous, and he knew what he was about: the greatest living Polish writer belonged to the immortal generation of inveterate womanizers.
Examples
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The soldiers acted brutishly, showing no mercy to their captives.
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Then they pushed deeper into the forest, brutishly, the only way bulldozers and skidders can.
Academic text (2010) -
Whereas the king had brutishly usurped power, Washington declined it in a gesture that is a monument to civility's gentle self-effacement.
Academic text (2009) -
There was no accounting for them; they'd simply arrived, dumbly, brutishly, like strange orphan children towards whom she felt no family feeling but for whom she understood herself somehow responsible.
Fiction book (1995) -
Tell the Chief Operating Officer of the CBP that brutishly enforcing their no-photos policy on citizens outside CBP buildings will not be tolerated.
Blog text (31) -
Rigging election results with e-voting machines is illegal, immoral, unethical, brutishly nasty, and I'm sick and tired of Repukes rigging elections one way or another.
Blog text (28) -
He criticized his colleague for speaking brutishly during the meeting.
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The dog barked brutishly, scaring away anyone who approached the property.
Synonyms
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6.1
In a cruel or very harsh way that causes harm
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5.7
In a cruel and violent way
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6.7
In a very violent and cruel way
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1.4
In a hard, violent way that shows no care
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6.4
In a way that shows no pity
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6.6
To act without pity and treat people very harshly
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2.3
In a violent or harsh way
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5.6
In a very strong and angry way
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7.6
In a way that shows no pity or mercy
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7.5
In a cruel and violent way that shows no kindness
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8.3
In a cruel, violent way that hurts people
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9.9
Very cruel and violent, causing many deaths
In a violent, cruel way like a wild animal
Antonyms
How Cruel
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Brutishly comes from brute, the same root as brutal, and that root meant 'beast' or 'savage'. So, to act brutishly is to behave like a beast — cruel, rough, and without care for others.