Definitions for butcherly

Overview of adj butcherly

The adj butcherly has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. botchy, butcherly, unskillful

(poorly done; "a botchy piece of work"; "it was an unskillful attempt")

2. gory, sanguinary, sanguineous, slaughterous, butcherly

(accompanied by bloodshed; "this bitter and sanguinary war")