beasterly

UK/ˈbiː.stə.li/US/ˈbiː.stɚ.li/

beasterly adjective: of the wind: cold, unpleasant, and from the east.

Adjective

beasterly (comparative more beasterly, superlative most beasterly)

(colloquial) Of the wind: cold, unpleasant, and from the east.
- Yesterday I completed, with Emily's assistance (which nearly drove me mad) that packing of the great huge chest of books, boxes, etc., and she and I walked together, but it was bitter cold and ungenial, regular beasterly wind.1882, Fanny Kemble, Records of Later Life - Volume 2, page 288
- The ordinary English bee is generally tolerably well-behaved, but not always so, and is occasionally perfectly furious, especially if the wind is "beasterly."1886, The Gardeners' Monthly and Horticulturist - Volume 28, page 345

I'm afeard 'tis a horrid beasterly wind, father.1898, Religious Tract Society (Great Britain), The Sunday at Home - Volume 46, page 603:
The wind is easterly, The weather is beasterly.1936, Philological Papers - Volumes 1-3, page 68:
Landsmen can seldom tell you the direction of the wind, unless it happens to be easterly and beasterly, neither is it any longer a matter of vital importance to seamen.1953, Basil Lubbock, The Last of the Windjammers - Volume 2, page 213:

comparative	more beasterly
superlative	most beasterly

Blend of beastly + easterly.

What does beasterly mean?: Beasterly means of the wind: cold, unpleasant, and from the east.
How do you use beasterly in a sentence?: I'm afeard 'tis a horrid beasterly wind, father.
What part of speech is beasterly?: Beasterly is an adjective.
How do you pronounce beasterly?: Beasterly is pronounced /ˈbiː.stə.li/ (UK).

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