Beasterly

//ˈbiː.stɚ.li// adj, slang

adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of the wind: cold, unpleasant, and from the east. colloquial

    "Yesterday I completed, with Emily's assistance (which nearly drove me mad) that packing of the great huge chest of books, boxes, etc., and she and I walked together, but it was bitter cold and ungenial, regular beasterly wind."

Example

More examples

"Yesterday I completed, with Emily's assistance (which nearly drove me mad) that packing of the great huge chest of books, boxes, etc., and she and I walked together, but it was bitter cold and ungenial, regular beasterly wind."

Etymology

Blend of beastly + easterly.

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