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beastliness

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beast⋅ly

  [beest-lee] adjective, -li⋅er, -li⋅est, adverb
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–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   (bēst'lē)   
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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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