■ adjective
1》 savagely violent.
2》 without any attempt to disguise unpleasantness: ~ honesty.
3》 N. Amer. informal very bad.
Derivatives
~ity -'talɪti noun
~ly adverb
Origin
C15 (in the sense 'relating to the lower animals'): from OFr., or from med. L. ~is , from brutus (see brute ).