brutishly

1. 1.

   in an inhumane manner

   “she treated her husband bestially”

   Synonymsbestiallyin a beastly manner

Questions about brutishly

What does brutishly mean?

brutishly means "in an inhumane manner".

How many syllables are in brutishly?

brutishly has 3 syllables: bru-tish-ly. The stress falls on "bru".

What is another word for brutishly?

Close synonyms include bestially, in a beastly manner. 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 brutishly a common word?

brutishly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.