" brutishly "

1: as in viciously, savagely;

•  Synonyms : 

•  abusively,

•  savagely,

•  viciously,

•  callously,

•  cold-bloodedly,

•  hard-heartedly,

•  heartlessly,

•  inhumanely,

•  inhumanly,

•  insensately,

•  insensitively,

•  mercilessly,

•  obdurately,

•  pitilessly,

•  ruthlessly,

•  tyrannically,

•  uncharitably,

•  unfeelingly,

•  unmercifully,

•  unsparingly,

•  aggressively,

•  assertively,

•  decidedly,

•  determinedly,

•  firmly,

•  grimly,

•  gruffly,

•  resolutely,

•  strongly,

•  toughly,

•  brutally,

•  hard,

•  hardly,

•  harshly,

•  ill,

•  oppressively,

•  roughly,

•  severely,

•  sternly,

•  stiffly

•  Antonyms : 

•  clemently,

•  gently,

•  leniently,

•  lightly,

•  mildly,

•  softly,

•  benevolently,

•  benignantly,

•  considerately,

•  cordially,

•  graciously,

•  kindly,

•  lovingly,

•  tenderly,

•  charitably,

•  compassionately,

•  humanely,

•  mercifully,

•  softheartedly,

•  sympathetically,

•  tolerantly,

•  understandingly

1: having or showing the nature and appetites of a lower animal;

  * e.g., " ... as the months of recurrent combat dragged on, the daily existence of the soldiers became increasingly brutish "

•  Synonyms : 

•  animalistic,

•  beastly,

•  bestial,

•  brutal,

•  brute,

•  feral,

•  ferine,

•  subhuman,

•  swinish

•  Antonyms : 

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