barbarously

In brutal fashion

Barbarously means in a savage, cruel, or uncivilized manner.

The word emphasizes brutality or a lack of refinement: The prisoners were barbarously treated.

It can also describe something done without regard for cultural standards or good taste: a barbarously decorated room.

The adverb carries stronger moral condemnation than simply "roughly" or "crudely."

cruelly

mercilessly

Without pity or restraint

viciously · sadistically · heartlessly · callously · pitilessly · cold-bloodedly · ruthlessly · harshly · monstrously · fiendishly

uncivilized

primitively

In basic, early fashion

crudely · roughly · vulgarly · unsophisticatedly · tastelessly · indelicately · lewdly · grossly · loutishly · clownishly

Opposites
manner of treatment

barbarouslyhumanely

With benevolent consideration

mercifully · compassionately · kindly · gently · tenderly

civilization and refinement

barbarouslyelegantly

With tasteful grace

sophisticatedly · civilly · politely · courteously · decorously

Family

barbarous, barbarousness

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