Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a brutish manner; grossly; irrationally; stupidly; savagely.
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- adverb In a
brutish manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in an inhumane manner
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Examples
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I've never seen the movie, but Brin has explained how Costner, a late-comer to the project, single-handedly rescued it from selling a worldview diametrically (and brutishly) opposite the book's, salvaging it into an over-ambitious but generously intentioned muddle.
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That brutishly bloody bloke is hell bent on just bashin 'up BHO rather than offerin' an alternative.
Obama criticizes political motives of health care reform opponents 2009
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The beleaguered regimes also vary widely, from the mildly authoritarian in Morocco to the brutishly totalitarian in Libya.
Beijing and the Arab Revolt Bret Stephens 2011
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It is a composite portrait of two artists struggling to work in the brutishly commercial modern world.
Reflections on Self-Regard Sam Sacks 2012
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I don't get how brutishly unthinking, hate-filled, or twisted someone has to be to take giddy joy in the national horror of others.
Robert J. Elisberg: Asleep at the Twitch and Other Missing Nuclear Reactions Robert J. Elisberg 2011
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Moscow supported Yanukovych so openly, and so brutishly, that some ...
Douglas Muir | afoe | A Fistful of Euros | European Opinion 2010
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Once the fish was tired, Quentin brutishly brought it to hand.
The Retreat Denis J. Underwood 2010
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Jiang Rong seems to have barely attempted to transmute his experiences and epiphanies into fiction; his book reads like an extended polemic about the superiority of nomadic people and the dangers of a triumphant but brutishly ignorant modernity.
An Amazon.com Books Blog featuring news, reviews, interviews and guest author blogs. 2008
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You're far too intelligent to buy the brutishly simplistic "realism" that you attempt to hang upon President Obama's approach.
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The Democrats also will take a 51-49 majority in the Senate, having won every close race except in Tennessee -- though it may be awhile before that's official, depending on whether Virginia's George Allen decides to take his razor-thin loss gracefully like Richard Nixon or brutishly like Al Gore.
VA-SEN: Right-Wing Columnist Criticizes Allen Recount Quest 2009
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