butcherly

Questions about butcherly

What does butcherly mean?

butcherly means "poorly done". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in butcherly?

butcherly has 3 syllables: but-cher-ly. The stress falls on "but".

What is another word for butcherly?

Close synonyms include botchy, unskillful, gory, sanguinary, sanguineous. 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 butcherly a common word?

butcherly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.