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beasterly en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈbiː.stɚ.li/ (US)
• /ˈbiː.stə.li/ (UK)

Etymology

Blend of beastly + easterly.

Meanings

1. (colloquial) Of the wind: cold, unpleasant, and from the east.
   • Landsmen can seldom tell you the direction of the wind, unless it happens to be easterly and beasterly, neither is it any longer a matter of vital importance to seamen. 1953, Basil Lubbock, The Last of the Windjammers - Volume 2, page 213:
   • The wind is easterly, The weather is beasterly. 1936, Philological Papers - Volumes 1-3, page 68:
   • Yesterday I completed, with Emily's assistance (which nearly drove me mad) that packing of the great huge chest of books, boxes, etc., and she and I walked together, but it was bitter cold and ungenial, regular beasterly wind. 1882, Fanny Kemble, Records of Later Life - Volume 2, page 288:
   • I'm afeard 'tis a horrid beasterly wind, father. 1898, Religious Tract Society (Great Britain), The Sunday at Home - Volume 46, page 603:
   • The ordinary English bee is generally tolerably well-behaved, but not always so, and is occasionally perfectly furious, especially if the wind is "beasterly." 1886, The Gardeners' Monthly and Horticulturist - Volume 28, page 345:

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