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barbarically

barbarically adverb: in a barbaric manner.

Adverb

barbarically (comparative more barbarically, superlative most barbarically)

  1. In a barbaric manner.
    • When Vashti swerved away from the sunbeams with a cry, she behaved barbarically—she put out her hand to steady her.1909, E.M. Forster, “I”, in The Machine Stops

Forms of barbarically

comparativemore barbarically
superlativemost barbarically

Origin of barbarically

From barbaric + -ally.

Questions about barbarically

What does barbarically mean?
Barbarically means in a barbaric manner.
What part of speech is barbarically?
Barbarically is an adverb.

Words near barbarically in the dictionary

  1. barbarianizes
  2. barbarianizing
  3. barbarians
  4. barbaric
  5. barbarical
  6. barbarically
  7. Barbaricine
  8. Barbaricum
  9. Barbarie
  10. barbarigenesis
  11. barbarious

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