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beastly
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
qualitative
Superlative
most beastly
Comparative
more beastly
gradable
Examples
The attacker showed beastly rage during the fight.
02
exceptionally large, powerful, or intimidating
Examples
He drove a beastly truck through the mud.
beastly
01
to an extreme or intense degree, often in a negative or unfavorable way
Informal
Grammatical Information
Examples
It's beastly hot in this room, I can barely breathe.
02
used to describe something done in an unpleasant, mean, or offensive way
Dialect
British
BritishInformal
Examples
She was beastly rude to the waiter for no reason.
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