Butcherly and Mean

Butcherly

Butcherly adjective - Having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others.
Usage example: Genghis Khan and his butcherly horde even massacred the livestock of the villages they overran

Mean and butcherly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mean" instead an adjective "Butcherly".

Mean

Mean adjective - Being about midway between extremes of amount or size.

Butcherly and mean are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Butcherly" instead an adjective "Mean".

Nearby Words: means, meaning, meanness, meant, meanly
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