beastly

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbiːstli/

Adjective

beastly (comparative beastlier, superlative beastliest)

1. (UK) Pertaining to, or having the form, nature or habits of, a beast.
2. (UK) Similar to the nature of a beast; contrary to the nature and dignity of man

   Synonyms: brutal, filthy

   beastly culture

3. (UK, dated) Abominable.

   beastly weather

4. (of computing hardware) Powerful, having a powerful appearance
   • 2010, January 11, Matthew DeCarlo, “Silverstone mini-ITX case can fit Radeon HD 5970” ↗, TechSpot:

     In addition to a Core i7-860 with a full-sized heatsink and 4GB of DDR3 RAM, the company showed its SUGO SG07 housing today's most beastly graphics card, the dual-GPU Radeon HD 5970, which is about 30cm long.

   • 2014, March 21, Tycho de Feijter, “Hummer H2 is a Big Black Beast in the Rain in China” ↗, CarNewsChina.com:

     A very big, very black, and very beastly Hummer H2, Spotted in China in in the rain the great city of Zigong in Sichuan Province.

   • 2018, October 16, Chris Smith, “Huawei just unveiled the most beastly Android phone the world has ever seen” ↗, BGR:

     Huawei’s Mate 20 phones have instantly become the best iPhone XS rivals out there, at least on paper, and the high-end model is easily the most beastly Android phone the world has seen so far.

Synonyms

• (like a beast) bestial, animalian

Translations

• Russian: живо́тный

Translations

• German: garstig
• Russian: зверский

Translations

• German: garstig

Adverb

beastly

1. Like a beast; brutishly.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.8:

     Beastly he threwe her downe, ne car'd to spill / Her garments gay with scales of fish that all did fill.

   • 1901, The Literary World - Volume 63 - Page 35:

     They have insulted me most beastly. Moreover, they are, everyone of them, black-satan filthmen.

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