beastly
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beastly
- /ˈbiːstli/
Rhymes with -iːstli
Where it comes from
From Middle English bestely, bestly, equivalent to beast + -ly. Compare West Frisian bistachtich (“beastly”), Dutch beestachtig (“beastly”), German biestig (“beastly”).
adjective beastlier · more beastly · beastliest · most beastly
- Pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a beast.
- Similar to the nature of a beast; contrary to the nature and dignity of human beings. beastly culture
- Abominable; very unpleasant; hideous. beastly weather
- Of computer hardware or motor vehicles etc.: ostentatiously powerful. In addition to a Core i7-860 with a full-sized heatsink and 4GB of DDR3 RAM, the company showed its SUGO SG07 housing today's most beastly graphics card, the dual-GPU Radeon HD 5970, which is about 30cm long.
adverb more beastly · most beastly
- Like a beast; brutishly. Beastly he threwe her downe, ne car'd to spill / Her garments gay with scales of fish that all did fill.
- Very much; terribly. "I'm beastly sorry, Wynn, old man," he muttered. "I ought to have remembered."
