Sekirov Dictionary

beastly

/ˈbiːstli/

adjective 4
adverb 2
forms 4

adjective4

Pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a beast.
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(UK, old-fashioned) Abominable; very unpleasant; hideous.
- Stop being so beastly to her!
Similar to the nature of a beast; contrary to the nature and dignity of human beings.
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(UK, slang) Of computer hardware or motor vehicles etc.: ostentatiously powerful.
- A very big, very black, and very beastly Hummer H2, Spotted in China in in the rain the great city of Zigong in Sichuan Province. — 2014

adverb2

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Like a beast; brutishly.
- Beastly he threwe her downe, ne car'd to spill / Her garments gay with scales of fish that all did fill. — 1590
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(informal, old-fashioned) Very much; terribly.
- "I'm beastly sorry, Wynn, old man," he muttered. "I ought to have remembered." — 1923

forms

beastlier · more beastly · beastliest · most beastly

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