— brutally , adv.
/brooht"l/ , adj.
1. savage; cruel; inhuman: a brutal attack on the village.
2. crude; coarse: brutal language.
3. harsh; ferocious: brutal criticism; brutal weather.
4. taxing, demanding, or exhausting: They're having a brutal time making ends meet.
5. irrational; unreasoning.
6. of or pertaining to lower animals.
[ 1425-75; late ME ( brutalis. See BRUTE 1 , -AL 1 ]
Syn. 1. ferocious, brutish, barbarous. See cruel. 2. gross, rude, rough, uncivil. 6. bestial, beastly, animal.
Ant. 1. kind. 6. human.