bestial
adjective
of, relating to, or having the form of a beast.
bestially
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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
The foundations of their life are rotten-utterly and bestially rotten.
From Under the Deodars by Rudyard Kipling
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 Lucas Malet
She, like her husband, was shy, and, furthermore, ill, and furthermore, so bestially stupid that she could not grasp what was happening.
From Howards End by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster
