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
Adjective
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The chatbots succeeded in changing people’s minds, in essence, by brute force.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
4 Dec. 2025
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Quantum computers should be powerful enough to crack Bitcoin’s security features—by instantly solving the mining mechanism or guessing wallet passwords by brute force—shortly after 2030, according to the CEO of a company working in partnership with Nvidia on its quantum computing efforts.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
19 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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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
Adjective
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Nichols, 64, was sentenced to death for the brutal beating and rape of 20-year-old Karen Pulley.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
11 Dec. 2025
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Bianchi and the others were marched up the peninsula to POW camps in the north under brutal conditions in a 65-mile trek infamously known as the Bataan Death March.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
11 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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The first strike was very lethal.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Dec. 2025
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Unlike lights, inflatables are very visible during the day and draw the attention of your neighbors.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
8 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Both are overpopulated with feral and stray animals due to this lack of population management.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 June 2026
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Ninety-second hits of twee pop and bony post-punk make up the middle section of the record, all built around three to four power chords and delivered with overdriven vocals and feral enthusiasm.—
Alex Robert Ross,
Pitchfork,
8 June 2026
Adverb
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More rapt, more heartbroken, more rattled by the harrowing questions presented by the long, slow, terribly seductive suicide humanity seems bent on carrying out via technology.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
9 Dec. 2025
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Seeing people walking their dogs in West Park on the North Side is not terribly uncommon.—
Ross Guidotti,
CBS News,
8 Dec. 2025
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Kylian Mbappé was met with an incredibly loud reception.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
17 June 2026
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This combination of technological capability and human ingenuity is incredibly powerful.—
Rachel Nuwer,
Scientific American,
16 June 2026
Adverb
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But Jake comes really damn close.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
People.com,
3 July 2025
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Her short red hair is a great fit for the eerie atmosphere and also just looks pretty damn great.—
Jihane Bousfiha,
Vulture,
2 July 2025
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“Beastly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beastly. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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