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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Butcherly \Butch"er*ly\, adjective Like a butcher; without compunction; savage; bloody; inhuman; fell. ''The victim of a butcherly murder.'' --D. Webster.
What stratagems, how fell, how butcherly, This deadly quarrel daily doth beget! --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
butcherly
adjective
1: poorly done; "a botchy piece of work"; "it was an unskillful attempt" [syn: {botchy}, {unskillful}]
2: accompanied by bloodshed; "this bitter and sanguinary war" [syn: {gory}, {sanguinary}, {sanguineous}, {slaughterous}]
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