brutally

1. 1.

   in a vicious manner

   “he was viciously attacked”

   Synonymsviciouslysavagely

Questions about brutally

What does brutally mean?

brutally means "in a vicious manner".

How many syllables are in brutally?

brutally has 3 syllables: bru-tal-ly. The stress falls on "bru". In IPA it is /ˈbɹutəli/.

What is another word for brutally?

Close synonyms include viciously, savagely. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is brutally a common word?

brutally is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.