brutishly
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When his beer arrived, he opened his mouth widely and used both hands to brutishly remove his aligners.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2024
There’s much about his brutishly short life thus far that I don’t care to evaluate.
From Slate ● Nov. 7, 2020
The word means “drowned land” in Gaelic; back in the 14th century, a local laird known as The Wolf of Badenoch brutishly held sway over the district.
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 14, 2020
The propulsive force with which this Manon responds — not daintily plucking but brutishly hurling the Bible off the bed — is more than mere camp delight.
From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2018
Better indeed had we been as brutes without its use, than we are, if so worse than brutishly we abuse it.
From Sermons on Evil-Speaking by Isaac Barrow
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