barbarously
barbarously adverb: in a barbarous manner.
Adverb
barbarously (comparative more barbarously, superlative most barbarously)
- In a barbarous manner.
- However, he comforted himself by giving very particular accounts of how his mistress had been barbarously murdered by banditti; and the good city talked incessantly of the murder, till set right next day by the greater marvel of the escape.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter III, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 54
- I was reminded of this by an entry in the Westleton Churchwarden's Account for 1731-2 which records the sum of one shilling and sixpence having been given to 'fifteen seamen in company, which had been taken by ye pyrates and very barbarously used'.1980, Robert Dougall, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 379
barbarously meaning in Hindi
barbarously in Hindi
- Translations
- बर्बरतापूर्वक barbartāpūrvak
Forms of barbarously
| comparative | more barbarously |
|---|---|
| superlative | most barbarously |
Origin of barbarously
From barbarous + -ly.
Questions about barbarously
- What does barbarously mean?
- Barbarously means in a barbarous manner.
- What is barbarously in Hindi?
- Barbarously in Hindi is बर्बरतापूर्वक (barbartāpūrvak). See Barbarously meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is barbarously?
- Barbarously is an adverb.
Words near barbarously in the dictionary
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