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单词 brutally
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Definition of brutally in English:

brutally

adverb ˈbruːt(ə)liˈbrudəli
  • 1In a savagely violent way.

    he was imprisoned and brutally tortured
    he brutally murdered an innocent man
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He is plagued by a series of surreal hallucinations in which his father is brutally tortured.
    • He enters, and finds two people brutally murdered.
    • In 1888, in the Whitechapel District of London, someone is brutally murdering prostitutes.
    • Though no one resisted arrest, police brutally threw the protesters to the floor and handcuffed them.
    • In not one case has the government acted to support those who've been brutally oppressed.
    • Against a backdrop of political intrigue, police corruption, and her own tortured history, she brutally exacts her revenge.
    • Acting on his own desperation, he begins to brutally beat Jamie.
    • The demonstrators in the restricted area were brutally beaten and arrested by the military police.
    • His window looks out at a schoolboy being brutally arrested.
    • The independence of domestic prosecutors and judges is questionable when a dictatorial regime has reigned brutally and for so long.
    1. 1.1as submodifier In a direct way that does not attempt to disguise unpleasantness.
      she was unapologetic and brutally honest
      a brutally candid interview
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He is a potentially fascinating character, charming, brutally insensitive, fun-loving and more of a child than any of his children.
      • The film has won accolades for being both brutally honest and very funny.
      • It is hard to be brutally critical of this DVD beyond mockery and a good-natured ribbing.
      • Her art is less brutally frank, but no less provocative.
      • He and his friends indeed are brutally unfeeling at best and hateful at worst.
      • The film's brutally unromantic conception of religion is summed up in this one scene.
      • The dance series was inspired by the work of Gorey, that darkly mischievous and brutally perceptive illustrator.
      • I remember the movie's brutally accurate depiction of the rough South.
      • In the public eye, he was brutally forthright, never more so than on Face to Face.
      • The brutally direct communications engendered by youthful, student audiences tend to endear them to dancers.
    2. 1.2as submodifier To an extremely unpleasant or harsh degree.
      weeks of brutally cold weather
      a brutally competitive market
      Example sentencesExamples
      • What I propose is a brutally mathematical system that nonetheless would be pretty straightforward.
      • Arriving on a brutally cold morning in April, I found her preoccupied with getting her gallery installations ready for a crowd of collectors.
      • The soundtrack becomes brutally tedious after 20 minutes or so.
      • The predominance of industrial labor has to a large extent been replaced by the service sector in a brutally rapid transformation.
      • In the 18th century, this 'rule of law' was often brutally apparent.
      • Firefighters faced brutally hot, dangerously dry conditions as they battled a wildfire outside Palm Springs.
      • With brutally unforgiving winters, and summers of drought and fist-sized hailstones, these states practically beg travelers to keep on moving.
      • It's the brutally bizarre nature of their relationship that holds one's interest.
      • An extreme and brutally clear case of differentiation by civic status appears in a 5th-century law-code published in southern Crete.
      • It is a brutally devastating story of an old woman forced to live out her days with haunting memories of her past as she monitors a men's bathroom.

Definition of brutally in US English:

brutally

adverbˈbro͞odəlēˈbrudəli
  • 1In a savagely violent way.

    he was imprisoned and brutally tortured
    he brutally murdered an innocent man
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The demonstrators in the restricted area were brutally beaten and arrested by the military police.
    • He is plagued by a series of surreal hallucinations in which his father is brutally tortured.
    • In 1888, in the Whitechapel District of London, someone is brutally murdering prostitutes.
    • He enters, and finds two people brutally murdered.
    • Though no one resisted arrest, police brutally threw the protesters to the floor and handcuffed them.
    • Acting on his own desperation, he begins to brutally beat Jamie.
    • His window looks out at a schoolboy being brutally arrested.
    • In not one case has the government acted to support those who've been brutally oppressed.
    • The independence of domestic prosecutors and judges is questionable when a dictatorial regime has reigned brutally and for so long.
    • Against a backdrop of political intrigue, police corruption, and her own tortured history, she brutally exacts her revenge.
    1. 1.1as submodifier In a direct way that does not attempt to disguise unpleasantness.
      she was unapologetic and brutally honest
      a brutally candid interview
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It is hard to be brutally critical of this DVD beyond mockery and a good-natured ribbing.
      • In the public eye, he was brutally forthright, never more so than on Face to Face.
      • The dance series was inspired by the work of Gorey, that darkly mischievous and brutally perceptive illustrator.
      • He and his friends indeed are brutally unfeeling at best and hateful at worst.
      • Her art is less brutally frank, but no less provocative.
      • The film has won accolades for being both brutally honest and very funny.
      • I remember the movie's brutally accurate depiction of the rough South.
      • The film's brutally unromantic conception of religion is summed up in this one scene.
      • He is a potentially fascinating character, charming, brutally insensitive, fun-loving and more of a child than any of his children.
      • The brutally direct communications engendered by youthful, student audiences tend to endear them to dancers.
    2. 1.2as submodifier To an extremely unpleasant or harsh degree.
      weeks of brutally cold weather
      a brutally competitive market
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Firefighters faced brutally hot, dangerously dry conditions as they battled a wildfire outside Palm Springs.
      • The predominance of industrial labor has to a large extent been replaced by the service sector in a brutally rapid transformation.
      • With brutally unforgiving winters, and summers of drought and fist-sized hailstones, these states practically beg travelers to keep on moving.
      • It is a brutally devastating story of an old woman forced to live out her days with haunting memories of her past as she monitors a men's bathroom.
      • Arriving on a brutally cold morning in April, I found her preoccupied with getting her gallery installations ready for a crowd of collectors.
      • An extreme and brutally clear case of differentiation by civic status appears in a 5th-century law-code published in southern Crete.
      • It's the brutally bizarre nature of their relationship that holds one's interest.
      • What I propose is a brutally mathematical system that nonetheless would be pretty straightforward.
      • The soundtrack becomes brutally tedious after 20 minutes or so.
      • In the 18th century, this 'rule of law' was often brutally apparent.
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