as in brute
having or showing the nature and appetites of a lower animal
left to shift for himself on an isolated farm, he gradually sank into a beastly, purposeless existence
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to a great degree
it's beastly hot today
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Recent Examples of beastly
Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2025
Which is a testament to her incredible ability and power as an actor to be taking on two of the most canonical, beastly parts for women in literature.
—Tessa Thompson, IndieWire, 30 Nov. 2025
James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Jan. 2026
Protecting Renda is a beastly offensive line with multiple high-profile recruits, including junior Michigan pledge Tristan Dare, junior Oklahoma pledge Luke Wilson and senior Memphis pledge Carey Clayton.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Dec. 2025
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Adjective
But Jere Cordell, of San Diego, swears the beastly carrier USS Nimitz won an impromptu drag race against slender cruisers a half-century ago off Norfolk, Va.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2025
Which is a testament to her incredible ability and power as an actor to be taking on two of the most canonical, beastly parts for women in literature.
—Tessa Thompson, IndieWire, 30 Nov. 2025
Adverb
In this tale as old as time, local bookworm Belle (Paige O'Hara) travels to a faraway castle where her father is being held captive by a prince–turned–beastly creature.
—James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Jan. 2026
Protecting Renda is a beastly offensive line with multiple high-profile recruits, including junior Michigan pledge Tristan Dare, junior Oklahoma pledge Luke Wilson and senior Memphis pledge Carey Clayton.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beastly
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Resilience over brute strength While researchers still don’t completely understand how tumors regulate their neighborhoods and restrict immune cells from coming in, addressing these weaknesses points to future solutions for cancer.—
Charles J. Dimitroff,
The Conversation,
12 June 2026
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And of course, brute-force attacks on 2FA require the first authentication factor to already have been broken.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
3 June 2026
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According to Outword Magazine Fred Palmer, the owner of Scott’s, Alan Irvine, is extremely gay supportive and has hosted numerous events for both Outword and the Rainbow Chamber of Commerce (see below).—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
12 June 2026
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The whole episode is a reminder to product designers everywhere that users can be extremely sensitive to the seemingly smallest changes — and Spotify clearly had not anticipated that a teeny-tiny disco ball drop would prove to be unpopular.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
12 June 2026
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Higher-level inmates gorge themselves; those below face starvation, suicide or cannibalism – a brutal metaphor for the world’s food chain.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
12 June 2026
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The president’s instinct to go for the jugular was on display in his first campaign, when he was written off early on as an entertainer but found success with brutal takedowns.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
12 June 2026
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The fans have been amazing, very loud and cheered us on.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
14 June 2026
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But Roberts figures to have two other very worthy options.—
Bill Shaikin,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
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Publishers Coolabi Group and Chinese online giant Tencent Video have greenlit the series, adapted from Erin Hunter’s novels about battling clans of feral cats, which have sold more than 90 million copies worldwide.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
1 June 2026
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Look for Wildlife Throughout the park, bison lumber along the road and prairies, while feral horses flounce about the buttes.—
Julia Sayers Gokhale,
Midwest Living,
1 June 2026
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Excluding the special cases of meteor showers, a viewer on the ground will see only about five or so sporadic meteors per hour on average, which isn’t terribly many.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
12 June 2026
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For someone living with borderline personality disorder (BPD), that same silence can feel like evidence that something is terribly wrong.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
11 June 2026
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Biological systems are incredibly good at making reactions run at low temperature and pressure through the use of catalysts.—
Chris Lee,
ArsTechnica,
9 June 2026
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Likewise, the information helps Mancuso tailor wigs on what is sometimes very short notice, and the two departments collaborate incredibly closely to, say, transform Bad Bunny into a chatbot companion (of sorts).—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
9 June 2026
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If Jenna didn't look so damn nice, then our age gap is not that much.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
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Simply put, swimwear has gotten too damn expensive.—
Kaelin Dodge,
InStyle,
10 June 2026
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“Beastly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beastly. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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