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Beastly

//ˈbiːstli// adj, adv, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a beast. UK
  2. 2
    Similar to the nature of a beast; contrary to the nature and dignity of human beings. UK

    "beastly culture"

  3. 3
    Abominable; very unpleasant; hideous. UK, dated

    "beastly weather"

  4. 4
    Of computer hardware or motor vehicles etc.: ostentatiously powerful. UK, slang

    "In addition to a Core i7-860 with a full-sized heatsink and 4GB of DDR3 RAM, the company showed its SUGO SG07 housing today's most beastly graphics card, the dual-GPU Radeon HD 5970, which is about 30cm long."

Adjective
  1. 1
    resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility wordnet
  2. 2
    (informal) very unpleasant wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    Like a beast; brutishly. UK

    "Beastly he threwe her downe, ne car'd to spill / Her garments gay with scales of fish that all did fill."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a beastly manner wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English beestly, bestely, beastelich, equivalent to beast + -ly. Compare West Frisian bistachtich (“beastly”), Dutch beestachtig (“beastly”), German biestig (“beastly”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English beestly, bestely, beastelich, equivalent to beast + -ly. Compare West Frisian bistachtich (“beastly”), Dutch beestachtig (“beastly”), German biestig (“beastly”).

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