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单词 bestially
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bestiallyadj.

Forms: 1500s bestiallyche.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bestial n.1, -ly suffix1; bestial adj., -ly suffix1.
Etymology: Either (i) < bestial n.1 + -ly suffix1, or (ii) < bestial adj. + -ly suffix1.
Obsolete. rare.
Characterized by the unrestrained indulgence of physical or sensual desires or appetites, in a manner regarded as characteristic of an animal; beastly, bestial.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > [adjective] > of or belonging to
bestiala1393
brutal?a1500
bestially1532
animalica1676
zoo-organic1821
1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer ii. f. cccxlvv/1 These lyues ben thorowe names departed in thre maner of kyndes, as bestiallyche, manlyche, and resonablyche.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021).

bestiallyadv.

Brit. /ˈbɛstɪəli/, /ˈbɛstʃl̩i/, /ˈbiːstɪəli/, /ˈbiːstʃl̩i/, U.S. /ˈbɛstʃəli/, /ˈbɛstiəli/, /ˈbistʃəli/, /ˈbistiəli/
Forms: Middle English bestiali, Middle English bestyally, Middle English– bestially, 1500s beastyally, 1600s beastially.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bestial adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < bestial adj. + -ly suffix2.
In the manner of a beast; brutishly, brutally.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > [adverb]
bestially?a1439
beastily1698
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > sensuality > [adverb] > animal sensuality
beastlyc1390
bestially?a1439
beastlywise1440
beast-like1604
doggishly1928
a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) ii. l. 3493 He drank the blood Off a bole, sauagyne and wood, With loue eschaufid [emended in ed. to enchaufid]..Most bestiali eendid thus his daies.
a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) l. 15626 (MED) I blynde ffolkys off al Resoun..I cause hem that they may nat se But bestyally in ther degre.
c1535 M. Nisbet New Test. in Scots (1901) I. Prol. 16 Thai are sik as synnis beastyally aganiss nature.
1640 Case Ship Money 23 Why the French Pesants are so beggarly, wretched, and bestially used.
1679 J. Smith Let. 19 Aug. in R. Jenison Narr. Popish Plot 48 How inhumanely and beastially..they dyed.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Bestially, brutally; in a manner below humanity.
1841 Tait's Edinb. Mag. July 413 No courtship could be closed with a lover so bestially disfigured.
1929 R. Hughes High Wind in Jamaica ix. 240 Rum appeared: and for the first time since the encounter with the Dutch steamer all the sailors got bestially drunk.
2018 Toronto Sun (Nexis) 19 May (Final ed.) a15 People can act bestially, and can be faulted for it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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