beastly

[beest-lee] Origin

beast·ly

[beest-lee] adjective, beast·li·er, beast·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.

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Beastly is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English beasteliche, later be(e)stly. See beast, -ly1

beast·li·ness, noun


2. abominable, hateful, vile, foul, mean, disgusting.

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beastly (ˈbiːstlɪ)
 
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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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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