brutally

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   In a brutal manner

   In a brutal manner; viciously, barbarically.

   • From another point of view, it was a place without a soul. The well-to-do had hearts of stone; the rich were brutally bumptious; the Press, the Municipality, all the public men, were ridiculously, vaingloriously self-satisfied.
   • "You sit there," said Henry brutally.
   • England's World Cup dreams fell apart under a French onslaught on a night when their shortcomings were brutally exposed at the quarter-final stage.
2. 2

   In a direct way that does not attempt to hide, disguise, or mask unpleasantness

   In a direct way that does not attempt to hide, disguise, or mask unpleasantness; directly.

   • He was not an expert but he was brutally honest by saying he couldn’t help the customer find a solution.
   • Beeching concludes, rather brutally, that "a high proportion of stopping passenger train services ought to be discontinued as soon as possible... and as soon as procedure permits".
3. 3

   Extremely.

   • You know, I am so glad I never did it with someone I had lukewarm feelings for. Christian is brutally hot, and I am going to remember tonight forever.

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