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barbarously
adverb
formaluk /ˈbɑː.bər.əs.li/ us /ˈbɑːr.bɚ.əs.li/
in a way that is extremely cruel or unpleasant, or that fails to reach acceptable social standards:
The princess was kept as a prisoner in the castle of a barbarously evil villain.
The dictator ruled with an iron fist and punished all dissidents barbarously.
How could you love someone who has treated you so barbarously?
Many years ago, a young couple was barbarously murdered while walking along that trail.
The invading army ransacked the city and barbarously vandalized its places of worship.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Unkind, cruel & unfeeling
acerbic
acerbically
acerbity
acidly
anti-cruelty
cruel
cruelly
cruelty
cruelty to someone/something
cutthroat
meanness
mental cruelty
merciless
mercilessly
mordant
trenchant
trenchantly
uncharitable
uncharitably
unchristian
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