# beastly

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈbiːstli/ · frequency rank #38,752

## Definitions
1. Pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a beast.
2. Similar to the nature of a beast; contrary to the nature and dignity of human beings.
3. Abominable; very unpleasant; hideous.
4. Of computer hardware or motor vehicles etc.: ostentatiously powerful.

## Etymology
From Middle English beestly, bestely, beastelich, equivalent to beast + -ly. Compare West Frisian bistachtich (“beastly”), Dutch beestachtig (“beastly”), German biestig (“beastly”).

## Easily confused with
- **beauty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beastly-vs-beauty)
- **beasts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beastly-vs-beasts)
- **Beatty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beastly-vs-beatty)
- **Beatle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beastly-vs-beatle)
- **beast** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beast-vs-beastly)
- **Beasley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beasley-vs-beastly)
- **beastie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beastie-vs-beastly)

## Common misspellings (11)
`baestly`, `bbeastly`, `beaslty`, `beasstly`, `beastlly`, `beastlyy`, `beasttly`, `beastyl`, `beatsly`, `besatly`, `ebastly`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/beastly