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beastly |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Beastly \Beast"ly\, a. 1. Pertaining to or having the form nature, or habits of a beast. Beastly divinities and droves of gods. --Prior. 2. Characterizing the nature of a beast; contrary to the nature and dignity of man; brutal; filthy. The beastly vice of drinking to excess. --Swift. 3. Abominable; as beastly weather. [Colloq. Eng.] Syn: Bestial; brutish; irrational; sensual; degrading. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: beastly adj 1: very unpleasant; "hellish (or beastly) weather" [syn: {hellish}] 2: resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility; "beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a dull and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners" [syn: {bestial}, {brute(a)}, {brutish}] adv : in a beastly manner; "she behaved beastly toward her mother-in-law"
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