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barbarously Definition


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barbarous
adj
    1. Uncultured and uncivilized.
      Thesaurus: uncivilized, unsophisticated, heathenish, philistine, uncultured, unlettered, unrefined; Antonym: cultured, educated.
    2. Extremely cruel or brutal.
      Thesaurus: barbaric, brutal, fierce, cruel, inhumane, vicious, genocidal.
    3. Coarse or rude.
Derivative: barbarously
adverb
    Etymology: 15c: from Latin barbarus, from Greek barbaros foreign, or literally ‘stammering', referring to the unfamiliar sound of foreign languages.



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