"bestely" meaning in Middle English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈbɛst(ə)liː/, /ˈbɛ̝ːst(ə)liː/, /-lit͡ʃ/
Etymology: From beste (“beast”) + -ly (adjectival). First attested in c. 1225. Etymology templates: {{af|enm|beste|-ly|id2=adjectival|pos2=adjectival|t1=beast}} beste (“beast”) + -ly (adjectival), {{etydate|c|1225}} First attested in c. 1225 Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective||{{{1}}}||{{{2}}}||{{{comp2}}}||{{{3}}}||{{{sup2}}}|f3l=|f5l=|head=}} bestely, {{enm-adj}} bestely Forms: beestli [alternative], beestlich [alternative], beestliche [alternative], beestly [alternative], bestelye [alternative], bestli [alternative], bestly [alternative], beastelich [alternative, Early-Middle-English], beastlich [alternative, Early-Middle-English], bestlich [alternative, Early-Middle-English]
  1. physical; non-spiritual (of faculties, knowledge, etc.)
    Sense id: en-bestely-enm-adj-PBD8YaKK Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 43 21 23 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 65 13 10 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 58 27 7 7
  2. (rare) animal (of or pertaining to animals) Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-bestely-enm-adj-IG0eu6zY Categories (other): Animals Disambiguation of Animals: 30 53 12 5
  3. (rare) beastly, depraved (lacking human sensibility) Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-bestely-enm-adj-Iy52Z~Xn Categories (other): Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival) Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival): 30 14 41 15
  4. (rare) stupid, unlearned Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-bestely-enm-adj-~emho4hE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bestial (english: all senses)

Alternative forms

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