Antonyms for beastly

Grammar : Adv

Spell : beest-lee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbist li

Definition of beastly

Origin : c.1200, "brutish, sensual, debased;" late 14c., "in the manner of a beast," from beast + -ly (1). Weakened in British upper crust use to "awfully, exceedingly" by mid-19c. Beastly drunk is from 1803.

adv savage; vulgar
adv offensive

Example sentences :

Even this did not make me beastly drunk, but it made me desperate and impudent.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

Beastly luck, but I shan't be able to see you to-night even in Cairo.
Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson

I say, put on your old greasy; you are looking so beastly clean.'
Extract from : « Echoes of the War » by J. M. Barrie

The man's beastly drunk—he's sulking—he could talk if he liked—who cares?
Extract from : « The Room in the Dragon Volant » by J. Sheridan LeFanu

He whirled around, trying to shake off his beastly antagonist.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various

A beastly country this, with its everlasting hills and woods!
Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola

I was going to cut the service, and they keep me for their beastly war.
Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola

He declined to stir, they could go and eat their beastly dinner all by themselves.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

They fiercely decline to add to what they term the beastly uproar.
Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay

Well, it was somebody else's—it was all a joke—I did n't want the beastly thing.
Extract from : « The Silver Box (First Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy

Synonyms for beastly

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