Hence, there has hardly been found to exist a nation so brutishly rude, as not to listen with enthusiasm to the songs of their bards, recounting the exploits of their forefathers, recording their laws and moral precepts, or hymning the praises of their deities.
"Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3)"
Walter Scott
To harm her brutishly would be to secure his own death, for well he knew that the subtle force that was coming into life in The Hollow was making the men remember they were men and the women to realize it also.
"A Son of the Hills"
Harriet T. Comstock
If the patient complains, the attendant brutishly orders him not to rave, calls for assistants, and ties him down to a bed, from which he is not released till he submits to their pleasure.
"Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles"
Daniel Hack Tuke