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Bestially

adverb
1.
In an inhumane manner.  Synonyms: brutishly, in a beastly manner.






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"Bestially" Quotes from Famous Books



... He was standing near Warden, in the grip of a malign anticipation. His lips were bestially pouted. ...
— The Trail Horde • Charles Alden Seltzer

... attempting to throw an arm around her. She evaded the arm and wrenched herself free, slipping past him and darting to the other side of the table. He stood opposite her, his hands on the table as he leaned toward her, grinning at her, brutally and bestially, and pausing so as to prolong his enjoyment ...
— The Boss of the Lazy Y • Charles Alden Seltzer

... member of the English Parliament. Can you do nothing? The foundations of their life are rotten-utterly and bestially rotten. I could tell your wife things that I couldn't tell you. I know the life—the inner life that belongs to the native, and I know nothing else; and believe me you might as well try to grow golden-rod in a mushroom-pit ...
— Under the Deodars • Rudyard Kipling

... the crafty coolness of the trained fighter, and as Corrigan crowded him he whipped in ripping blows that sent the big man's head back. Corrigan paid little heed to the blows; he shook them off, grunting. Blood was trickling thinly from his lips; he spat bestially over Trevison's shoulder in a clinch, and tried to sweep ...
— 'Firebrand' Trevison • Charles Alden Seltzer

... attracted often, you know. Once I was in love with a grande dame, bestially in love, dog-like. Well, she gave me a rendezvous, and I didn't, couldn't, keep it, because suddenly I thought of her husband, and it made me feel sick. And you know, it's queer, that now, when I look back, instead of being glad that I was decent, I am as sorry as if I had sinned. But with Masha ...
— Redemption and Two Other Plays • Leo Tolstoy et al



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