Word: butcherly
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: butch
er
ly
Definition: Like a butcher; characterised by slaughter, savage.
Morphemes:
Affix: butcher
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: bouchier
Language: fro
Decoded: bouchier
Meaning: goat slaughterer
Affix: -ly
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives from nouns, the adjectives having the sense of "behaving like, or having a nature typical of what is denoted by the noun".