brutelyadv.
/ˈbruːtli/ 1. Roughly, rudely; coarsely.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adverb] > unmannerly > roughly or with lack of refinement
homelyc1390
rudelyc1405
greata1425
swinishly1542
clubbishly1548
carterly1556
homelily1556
brutishly1580
loutishly1580
boorishly1605
brutely1605
inurbanely1610
mechanically1613
porterly1659
coarsely1678
coarse1680
brutally1824
vulgarly1831
crudely1881
cubbishly1883
yobbishly1984
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 406 And brutely lo To all that come his naked shame doth show.
2. Irrationally; mechanically.
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the mind > mental capacity > intellect > want of intellect > animal nature of man > [adverb]
brutishly1579
brutely1645
1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 59 The vulgar expositer..rushes brutely and impetuously against all the principles..of nature.
1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 139 Property will brutely draw Still to the proprietor.
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