Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a bloody manner; cruelly; with a disposition to shed blood.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a bloody manner; cruelly; with a disposition to shed blood.
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- adverb In a
bloody manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb involving a great bloodshed
Etymologies
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Examples
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It worked poorly, though bloodily, against the Viet Cong and the NVA, it worked moderately well against a Korean/Chinese alliance that had essentially no air support outside of the border zones (MiG Alley), and it was catastrophic against the Wehrmacht.
Matthew Yglesias » Cold War Hawks and the Soviet Economy 2010
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Though the issue of Home Rule was settled violently and bloodily, it cast a pall over British politics and was the first sign of a weakness in the armor that was the British Empire.
Everyday Life in the British Parliament: Home Rule | Edwardian Promenade 2009
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Children giggle when another child falls down; when the opposition team wins we call them nasty names; when someone is bloodily beat up in a boxing match people shout for more.
Ed and Deb Shapiro: Why Do We Feel Good Making Fun of Others? Ed 2010
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The latest in cute cuddly furry stuffed animals — that are evil and try to possess (grossly) and murder (bloodily) Slayers.
Quick Hits – Beyond Wonderland #1, Kull #4, Red Sonja #41, and Why So Much for Marvel Minis? 2009
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Children giggle when another child falls down; when the opposition team wins we call them nasty names; when someone is bloodily beat up in a boxing match people shout for more.
Ed and Deb Shapiro: Why Do We Feel Good Making Fun of Others? Ed 2010
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The mention of Verdun or Arras, or any number of towns so bloodily fought over a generation before, sent shivers down German spines and provoked the fear of a similar catastrophe.
Roger Moorhouse's "Berlin at War," reviewed by Jonathan Yardley Jonathan Yardley 2010
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Probably the most powerful one minute campaign video ever produced rolled out across the airwaves; an office worker bloodily munching on an orangutan's finger found neatly wrapped in his Nestlé Kit Kat.
Scott Poynton: Dancing With Devils Scott Poynton 2011
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Probably the most powerful one minute campaign video ever produced rolled out across the airwaves; an office worker bloodily munching on an orangutan's finger found neatly wrapped in his Nestlé Kit Kat.
Scott Poynton: Dancing With Devils Scott Poynton 2011
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The mention of Verdun or Arras, or any number of towns so bloodily fought over a generation before, sent shivers down German spines and provoked the fear of a similar catastrophe.
Roger Moorhouse's "Berlin at War," reviewed by Jonathan Yardley Jonathan Yardley 2010
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Children giggle when another child falls down; when the opposition team wins we call them nasty names; when someone is bloodily beat up in a boxing match people shout for more.
Ed and Deb Shapiro: Why Do We Feel Good Making Fun of Others? Ed 2010
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