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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BE'ASTLY, a. Like a beast; brutal; coarse; filthy; contrary to the nature and dignity of man.
1. Having the form or nature of a beast.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: very unpleasant; "hellish weather"; "stop that god-awful racket" [syn: beastly, hellish, god-awful]
2: resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility; "beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a dull and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners" [syn: beastly, bestial, brute, brutish, brutal] adv
1: in a beastly manner; "she behaved beastly toward her mother-in-law"

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective (beastlier; -est) Date: 13th century 1. bestial 1 2. abominable, disagreeable <beastly weather> • beastliness noun II. adverb Date: 1865 very <a beastly cold day>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & adv. --adj. (beastlier, beastliest) 1 colloq. objectionable, unpleasant. 2 like a beast; brutal. --adv. colloq. very, extremely. Derivatives: beastliness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Beastly Beast"ly, a. 1. Pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a beast. Beastly divinities and droves of gods. --Prior. 2. Characterizing the nature of a beast; contrary to the nature and dignity of man; brutal; filthy. The beastly vice of drinking to excess. --Swift. 3. Abominable; as, beastly weather. [Colloq. Eng.] Syn: Bestial; brutish; irrational; sensual; degrading.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If you describe something as beastly, you mean that it is very unpleasant. (INFORMAL, OLD-FASHIONED) = horrible, horrid ADJ 2. If you describe someone as beastly, you mean that they are behaving unkindly. (INFORMAL, OLD-FASHIONED) = horrible, horrid ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Brutish, brutal, bestial, sensual, coarse, repulsive, inhuman, abominable, vile, filthy, loathsome.

Moby Thesaurus

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