unbutcherlike

English

Etymology

un- +‎ butcherlike

Adjective

unbutcherlike (comparative more unbutcherlike, superlative most unbutcherlike)

1. Not butcherlike.
   • 1809, George, Viscount Valentia, Voyages and Travels to India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt, page 340:

     This was performed in a most unbutcherlike manner, with an old sword. They were several minutes in cutting through his neck till they reached the arteries.