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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. very unpleasant;
- Example: "hellish weather"
- Example: "stop that god-awful racket"
[syn: beastly, hellish, god-awful]

2. resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility;
- Example: "beastly desires"
- Example: "a bestial nature"
- Example: "brute force"
- Example: "a dull and brutish man"
- Example: "bestial treatment of prisoners"
[syn: beastly, bestial, brute(a), brutish, brutal]


ADVERB (1)

1. in a beastly manner;
- Example: "she behaved beastly toward her mother-in-law"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Beastly \Beast"ly\ (b[=e]st"l[y^]), a.
   1. Pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a
      beast.
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            Beastly divinities and droves of gods. --Prior.
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   2. Characterizing the nature of a beast; contrary to the
      nature and dignity of man; brutal; filthy.
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            The beastly vice of drinking to excess. --Swift.
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   3. Abominable; as, beastly weather. [Colloq. Eng.]
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   Syn: Bestial; brutish; irrational; sensual; degrading.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

beastly
    adv 1: in a beastly manner; "she behaved beastly toward her
           mother-in-law"
    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(a), brutish, brutal]