Dictionary entry

Beastly

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Beast″ly (bēst″ly̆), a. 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.

Syn. — Bestial; brutish; irrational; sensual; degrading.