— bestially , adv.
/bes"cheuhl, bees"-/ , adj.
1. of, pertaining to, or having the form of a beast: the belief that a person could assume bestial form after death; the bestial signs of the zodiac.
2. without reason or intelligence; brutal; inhuman: bestial treatment of prisoners.
3. beastlike in gratifying one's sensual desires; carnal; debased.
[ 1350-1400; ME ( bestialis (L besti ( a ) BEAST + -alis -AL 1 ) ]