beastly
pronunciation
How to pronounce beastly in British English:
UK [ˈbi:stli]
How to pronounce beastly in American English:
US [ˈbistli]
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- Adjective:
- very unpleasant
- resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility
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- Adverb:
- in a beastly manner
Word Origin
- beastly (adj.)
- c. 1200, "brutish, sensual, debased;" late 14c., "in the manner of a beast," from beast + -ly (1). Weakened in British upper crust use to "awfully, exceedingly" by mid-19c. Beastly drunk is from 1803.
Example
- 1. Regulators are not always beastly to google .
- 2. Slave owners were beastly people .
- 3. That 's absolutely beastly of him .
- 4. The nights up here get beastly cold .
- 5. The first time I read something beastly about me I was upset .