barbarously Copy link Outline I. Without refinementII. Cruelly; q. v. crūdēlĭter, saevē. Join • barbarously: I. Without refinement: barbărē to speak b., b. loqui, Cic.: to hurt b. (like a barbarian), b. laedere, Hor. II. Cruelly; q. v. crūdēlĭter, saevē. Join: inhumane atque crudeliter; tanta saevitia atque crudelitate.