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beastlier

beastlier is the comparative form of beastly.

Meaning of beastly

Adjective

beastly (comparative beastlier or more beastly, superlative beastliest or most beastly)

  1. (UK) Pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a beast.
  2. (UK) Similar to the nature of a beast; contrary to the nature and dignity of human beings.
    • beastly culture
    Synonyms:
    brutal, filthy
  3. (UK, dated) Abominable; very unpleasant; hideous.
    • beastly weather
  4. (UK, slang) Of computer hardware or motor vehicles etc.: ostentatiously powerful.
    • In addition to a Core i7-860 with a full-sized heatsink and 4GB of DDR3 RAM, the company showed its SUGO SG07 housing today's most beastly graphics card, the dual-GPU Radeon HD 5970, which is about 30cm long.2010 January 11, Matthew DeCarlo, “Silverstone mini-ITX case can fit Radeon HD 5970”, in TechSpot

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Questions about beastlier

What is beastlier the comparative form of?
Beastlier is the comparative form of beastly.

Words near beastlier in the dictionary

  1. beastkeeper
  2. beastkeepers
  3. beastkin
  4. beastkind
  5. beastless
  6. beastlier
  7. beastliest
  8. beastlihead
  9. beastlihood
  10. beastlike
  11. beastlily

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