butcherly
Like savage slaughter
Butcherly describes something done in the manner of a butcher—crude, brutal, or savagely violent.
The word suggests clumsy hacking rather than skilled cutting: a butcherly amputation, the butcherly massacre of civilians.
It's rare and literary, carrying more visceral force than simply saying brutal or savage.
savage
Fierce and untamed
vicious · bloodthirsty · ruthless · pitiless · violent · gruesome · murderous · heartless · callous · brutish
inept
Lacking skill or competence
- ham-fistedLacking dexterity or subtlety
- bunglingMishandling through incompetence
- maladroitLacking physical deftness
hacking · crude · rough · mangling · botched · sloppy · coarse · careless · ungainly · heavy-handed
butcherlysurgical
Relating to operations
precise · skilled · deft · meticulous · delicate
butcherlyhumane
Marked by kindness
compassionate · merciful · tenderhearted · kind · kindhearted
- butcher shopStore selling raw meat
- butcher knifeHeavy blade for meat
- butcher blockLaminated wood work surface
- butcher paperHeavy food-wrapping paper
- butcher's knifeLarge blade for meat
- butcher knivesBlades for cutting meat
butcher, butchery, butchering, butchers, butchered, butcherer