beastly

Words with a similar base: beastly

'beastly'

[beastly.s.01] as in: very unpleasant

Examples:
hellish weather
stop that god-awful racket

'beastly'

[beastly.s.02] as in: resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility

Examples:
beastly desires
a bestial nature
brute force
a dull and brutish man
bestial treatment of prisoners

'beastly'

[beastly.r.01] as in: in a beastly manner

Examples:
she behaved beastly toward her mother-in-law

Origins

					beastly (English)
├── -ly (English)
│   ├── -lice (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
│   └── -ly (Middle English (1100-1500))
└── beast (English)
    └── beste (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
        └── bestia (Latin)

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