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Definition of Brutishly
1. Adverb. In an inhumane manner. "She treated her husband bestially"
Definition of Brutishly
1. Adverb. In a brutish manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Brutishly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brutishly
Literary usage of Brutishly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Shahmah in Pursuit of Freedom; Or, The Branded Hand by Frances Harriet Green (1858)
"He is represented on his first appearance as having a vulgar face, which, when
at rest, was void of expression and brutishly obtuse. ..."
2. A History of the Baptists: Traced by Their Vital Principles and Practices by Thomas Armitage (1887)
"... a gracious and modest woman, to the same ungodliness with him, he hath trodden
her underfoot tyrannically and brutishly ; which she and we long bearing, ..."
3. Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe (1895)
"... ignorant and stupid in their reflections, as they were brutishly wicked and
thoughtless before, were now led by their fright to extremes of folly ; and, ..."
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