beastly Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite very unpleasant
    god-awful; hellish.
    • hellish weather
    • stop that god-awful racket
  2. adjective satellite resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility
    brutish; bestial; brute; brutal.
    • beastly desires
    • a bestial nature
    • brute force
    • a dull and brutish man
    • bestial treatment of prisoners
  3. adverb in a beastly manner
    • she behaved beastly toward her mother-in-law

WordNet

Beast"ly adjective
Definitions
  1. Pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a beast.
    Beastly divinities and droves of gods. Prior.
  2. Characterizing the nature of a beast; contrary to the nature and dignity of man; brutal; filthy.
    The beastly vice of drinking to excess. Swift.
  3. Abominable; as, beastly weather. Colloq. Eng. Syn. -- Bestial; brutish; irrational; sensual; degrading.

Webster 1913