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adjective

Beastly adj.

Pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a beast. "Beastly divinities and droves of gods."

Characterizing the nature of a beast; contrary to the nature and dignity of man; brutal; filthy. "The beastly vice of drinking to excess."

Abominable; as, beastly weather. (Colloq. Eng.)

Synonyms: Bestial; brutish; irrational; sensual; degrading.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Beastly" Quotes from Famous Books

... a beastly letter," the Doctor said to himself, when he had read it, "a beastly letter;" and then he put it away without saying any more about it to himself or to any one else. It had appeared to him to be a "beastly letter," because it had exactly the effect which the Bishop ...

— Dr. Wortle's School • Anthony Trollope

... light cap at work. They ought to have a canvas suit in the adjoining place (see above); don it when they come, and doff it when they go. They ought to leave off their insane habit of licking the thumb and finger of the left hand—which is the leaded hand—with their tongues. This beastly trick takes the poison direct to the stomach. They might surely leave it to get there through the pores; it is slow, but sure. I have also repeatedly seen a file-cutter eat his dinner with his filthy poisoned ...

— Put Yourself in His Place • Charles Reade

... was exactly right!" says I, grinding my teeth at memory of Red Andy. "Aye, there Penfeather was very right, this fellow was a vile and beastly rogue!" ...

— Black Bartlemy's Treasure • Jeffrey Farnol

... healthy, will produce virtuous, healthy, and true-hearted children, A luxurious people—lazy, sensual, wasteful—will produce children like themselves. If we go through the vicious quarters of a great city, where licentiousness and drunkenness and beastly vices prevail, we shall find that though all die before old age, the communities are abundantly recruited by the children which they produce. Men, principles, habits, ideas, vices, all have children, whose features betray their parentage; so that no parent has a right to expect a child to be better ...

— Lessons in Life - A Series of Familiar Essays • Timothy Titcomb

... far beyond mere human power to accomplish. If it could be supposed that such unnatural leagues existed, and that there were wretches wicked enough, merely for the gratification of malignant spite or the enjoyment of some beastly revelry, to become the wretched slaves of infernal spirits, most just and equitable would be those laws which cut them off from the midst of every Christian commonwealth. But it is still more just ...

— Letters On Demonology And Witchcraft • Sir Walter Scott

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