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1beastly
adjective beast·ly \ˈbēst-lē\
: very unpleasant
beast·li·erbeast·li·est
Full Definition of BEASTLY
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: bestial 1
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First Known Use of BEASTLY
14th century
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2beastly
adverb
Definition of BEASTLY
: very <a beastly cold day>
First Known Use of BEASTLY
15th century
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- Synonyms
- achingly, almighty, archly, awful, awfully, badly, very, blisteringly, bone, colossally, corking, cracking, damn, damned, dang, deadly, desperately, eminently, enormously, especially, ever, exceedingly (also exceeding), extra, extremely, fabulously, fantastically, far, fiercely, filthy, frightfully, full, greatly, heavily, highly, hugely, immensely, incredibly, intensely, jolly, majorly, mightily, mighty, monstrous [chiefly dialect], mortally, most, much, particularly, passing, rattling, real, really, right, roaring, roaringly, seriously, severely, so, sore, sorely, spanking, specially, stinking, such, super, supremely, surpassingly, terribly, that, thumping, too, unco, uncommonly, vastly, vitally, way, whacking, wicked, wildly
- Antonyms
- little, negligibly, nominally, slightly, somewhat
BEASTLINESS Defined for Kids
beastly
adjective beast·ly \ˈbēst-lē\
Definition of BEASTLY for Kids
: very unpleasant : horrible <beastly behavior>
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