bestially
- a word derived from bestial.
Example Sentences
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As the finale of “Sad But True” decays through the rear echelons of the stadium, Trujillo indulges in a brief, violent bass solo/downtuning session, crouched bestially over his instrument and thrumming the loosened strings.
From Slate • Mar. 19, 2013
This time out, two plucky dogs named Rowf and Snitter escape from an experimental station in the English Lake District, where they have been treated bestially by doctors.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The young man spoke again, grimacing and smirking bestially, and Toppy waited for no more.
From The Snow-Burner by Oyen, Henry
The nineteenth century has been commercial enough in all conscience, bestially, brutally commercial; but its commercialism and brutality will be nothing to the commercialism and brutality of the twentieth.
From The Divine Fire by Sinclair, May
Her influence was still abroad, and in his flesh Carteret shrewdly suffered it; yet neither basely nor bestially, being clean of life and of spirit.
From Deadham Hard by Malet, Lucas