bestially

In savage manner

In a manner resembling a beast—brutally, savagely, or without human reason or restraint.

The word describes conduct that abandons civilized behavior: The prisoners were treated bestially.

It can also refer to sexual acts between humans and animals: charged with behaving bestially with livestock.

brutal

savagely

In a brutal manner

ferociously · barbarically · ruthlessly · sadistically · inhumanly · bloodthirstily · heartlessly · pitilessly · violently · heinously

animalistic

feral

Wild after domestication

carnivorous · mammalian · quadruped · zoological · reptilian · nocturnal · carnally · untamed · primal · atavistic

primitive

primally

In an instinctive way

archaically · savagely · crudely · barbarously · stone-age · hunter-gatherer · devolved · regressed

Opposites
manner of treatment/behavior toward others

bestiallyhumanely

With benevolent consideration

mercifully · compassionately · kindly · gently · charitably

degree of humanity/civilization in conduct

bestiallyhumanly

By human means

civilly · nobly · decorously · courteously · rationally

Family

bestial, bestiality, bestialize

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