Beastly vs Sensual - What's the difference?
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(UK) Pertaining to, or having the form, nature or habits of, a beast.
(UK) Characterizing the nature of a beast; contrary to the nature and dignity of man; brutal; filthy.
(UK, dated) Abominable.
Like a beast; brutishly.
* 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.8:
* 1901 , The Literary World - Volume 63 - Page 35:
Inducing pleasurable and/or erotic sensations.
(not comparable) Of or pertaining to the physical senses; sensory.
As adjectives the difference between beastly and sensual
is that beastly is pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a beast while sensual is inducing pleasurable and/or erotic sensations.As an adverb beastly
is like a beast; brutishly.beastly
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Adjective
(en-adj)- beastly weather
Usage notes
Most often used pejoratively. is more narrow, though also often used pejoratively.Synonyms
* (like a beast) bestial, animalianAdverb
(en adverb)- Beastly he threwe her downe, ne car'd to spill / Her garments gay with scales of fish that all did fill.
- They have insulted me most beastly . Moreover, they are, everyone of them, black-satan filthmen.
sensual
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Alternative forms
* sensuall (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- That massage was a very sensual experience!
- Plato believed that this sensual world in which we live is inferior to the heavenly realm.