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butcherly definition

butcherly


 
  Overview  of  adj  butcherly 
 
  The  adj  butcherly  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  botchy,  butcherly,  unskillful  --  (poorly  done  "a  botchy  piece  of  work";  "it  was  an  unskillful  attempt") 
  2.  gory,  sanguinary,  sanguineous,  slaughterous,  butcherly  --  (accompanied  by  bloodshed;  "this  bitter  and  sanguinary  war") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  butcherly 
 
  2  senses  of  butcherly 
 
  Sense  1 
  botchy,  butcherly,  unskillful 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  unskilled)  ->  skilled 
 
  Sense  2 
  gory,  sanguinary,  sanguineous,  slaughterous,  butcherly 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  bloody)  ->  bloodless 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  butcherly 
 
  2  senses  of  butcherly 
 
  Sense  1 
  botchy,  butcherly,  unskillful 
  =>  unskilled  (vs.  skilled) 
 
  Sense  2 
  gory,  sanguinary,  sanguineous,  slaughterous,  butcherly 
  =>  bloody  (vs.  bloodless) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  butcherly 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  butcherly 
 
  butcherly  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  butcherly 
  butcherly 
 
  Overview  of  adj  butcherly 
 
  The  adj  butcherly  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  botchy,  butcherly,  unskillful  --  (poorly  done  "a  botchy  piece  of  work";  "it  was  an  unskillful  attempt") 
  2.  gory,  sanguinary,  sanguineous,  slaughterous,  butcherly  --  (accompanied  by  bloodshed;  "this  bitter  and  sanguinary  war") 



butcherly definition