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beast·ly    Audio Help   [beest-lee] Pronunciation Key adjective, -li·er, -li·est, adverb
–adjective
1.of or like a beast; bestial.
2.Informal. nasty; unpleasant; disagreeable.
–adverb
3.Chiefly British Informal. very; exceedingly: It's beastly cold out.
4.British Informal. disagreeably; outrageously: beastly rude.
[Origin: 1175–1225; ME beasteliche, later be(e)stly. See beast, -ly1]

—Related forms
beast·li·ness, noun

—Synonyms 2. abominable, hateful, vile, foul, mean, disgusting.
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beast·ly    Audio Help   (bēst'lē)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   beast·li·er, beast·li·est
  1. Of or resembling a beast; bestial.
  2. Very disagreeable; unpleasant.

adv.   Chiefly British
To an extreme degree; very.

beast'li·ness n.
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beastliness

noun
1. the quality of being deliberately mean 
2. unpleasant nastiness; used especially of nasty weather 

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Beastliness

Beast"li*ness\, n. The state or quality of being beastly.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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