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adjective

Beastly adj.

Pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a beast. "Beastly divinities and droves of gods."

Characterizing the nature of a beast; contrary to the nature and dignity of man; brutal; filthy. "The beastly vice of drinking to excess."

Abominable; as, beastly weather. (Colloq. Eng.)

Synonyms: Bestial; brutish; irrational; sensual; degrading.

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Etymology of 'Beastly'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Beastly" Quotes from Famous Books

... crimson face; but she was able to produce them in the course of five minutes when, in the carriage, her mother, all kisses, ribbons, eyes, arms, strange sounds and sweet smells, said to her: "And did your beastly papa, my precious angel, send any message to your own loving mamma?" Then it was that she found the words spoken by her beastly papa to be, after all, in her little bewildered ears, from which, at her mother's ...

— What Maisie Knew • Henry James

... if I never see Major Armstrong again ... though he certainly is rather a darling ... very good-looking ... and, d'you know, he's almost a Pro-Boer, though the Boers ambushed him.... Says this war's a beastly mistake.... ...

— Mrs. Warren's Daughter - A Story of the Woman's Movement • Sir Harry Johnston

... lot... as usual.... But it isn't an excuse when I say that my beastly condition was not due to a drunken stupor. It just didn't happen ...

— In Secret • Robert W. Chambers

... would put too much in. According to your last letters you are getting beastly rich. You would take all the tragedy out of the situation, and my experience would ...

— Hilda - A Story of Calcutta • Sara Jeannette Duncan

... turned her head away with loathing, and answered him not. Then came a sudden trampling; swords gleamed; eyes flashed in the dusk; and before the helpless girl could gather her routed senses, the beastly chief was sent sprawling from his horse with a sabre-blow; his followers were ...

— Annette, The Metis Spy • Joseph Edmund Collins

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