beastly
Use Beastly in a sentence
li adverb
3.
Chiefly British Informal. very; exceedingly: It's beastly cold out.
4.
British Informal. disagreeably; outrageously: beastly rude.
Related forms
beast·li·ness, noun
Synonyms
2. abominable, hateful, vile, foul, mean, disgusting.
2. abominable, hateful, vile, foul, mean, disgusting.
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World English Dictionary
beastly (ˈbiːstlɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj , -lier, -liest | |
| 1. | informal unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty: beastly weather |
| 2. | obsolete of or like a beast; bestial |
| —adv | |
| 3. | informal (intensifier): the weather is so beastly hot |
| 'beastliness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
beastly
c.1400, "in the manner of a beast" (see beast). Meaning "brutish, offensive" is from 1560s (beastly drunk is from 1803); weakened in British upper crust use to "awfully, exceedingly" by mid-19c.
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Example sentences
Mid-summer finds us with a critter filled curriculum of beastly proportions.
It may simply be biology-and beastly biology at that.
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