I. adjective
or bareknuckled ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷
Etymology: bare (I) + knuckle or knuckled
1. : not using boxing gloves — used of fighting or a fighter
champion bareknuckle prizefighter of England — Dennis Craig
2. : having an aggressive fierce unrelenting character
led a bareknuckled fight against waste of public funds — J.R.Aswell & E.J.Michelson
II. adverb
or bareknuckled ˈ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷
: in a bareknuckle way
the early days of pugilism in which men fought bareknuckle
fighting bareknuckle in congress for his beliefs