Definitions for butcherly

butcherly butch·er·ly

Spelling: [boo ch-er-lee]
IPA: /ˈbʊtʃ ər li/

Butcherly is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 345 anagrams from letters in butcherly (bcehlrtuy).

Definitions for butcherly

adjective

  1. like, or characteristic of, a butcher.

Origin of butcherly

First recorded in 1505-15; butcher + -ly

Examples for butcherly

We'll give them the slip yet, and hang that butcherly thief-taker upon his own gibbet.

butcherly blockheads in these high places, and himself lying sick and powerless, unable to lift a hand for the cause he loved.

Will they remove the only motive which could bring me to the butcherly spectacle of their combat?

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