American English pronunciation
How to pronounce beastly
IPA transcription: ['bist,li]
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Adjective
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resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility
“beastly desires”
“a bestial nature”
“brute force”
“a dull and brutish man”
“bestial treatment of prisoners”
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very unpleasant
“hellish weather”
“stop that god-awful racket”
Adverb
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in a beastly manner
“she behaved beastly toward her mother-in-law”
Usage examples
- I don't want to hear any of your beastly plans.
- The fact is, I'm in a beastly hole.
- How beastly happy you two look sitting there!
- It's beastly cheek, that's what I call it.