beasterly
adj/ˈbiː.stə.li/UK/ˈbiː.stɚ.li/US
Etymology
Definitions
Of the wind
Of the wind: cold, unpleasant, and from the east.
- 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.
- The ordinary English bee is generally tolerably well-behaved, but not always so, and is occasionally perfectly furious, especially if the wind is "beasterly."
- I'm afeard 'tis a horrid beasterly wind, father.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA