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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
devilish \dev"ilish\, a.
1. resembling, characteristic of, or pertaining to, the
devil; diabolical; wicked in the extreme. "devilish
wickedness." --sir p. sidney.
1913 webster
this wisdom descendeth not from above, but is
earthly, sensual, devilish. --james iii.
15.
1913 webster
2. extreme; excessive. colloq. --dryden.
syn: diabolical; infernal; hellish; satanic; wicked;
malicious; detestable; destructive. -- dev"ilishly,
adv. -- dev"ilishness, n.
1913 webster
see also:
dev"ilishly dev"ilishness
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
devilishly
adv 1: as a devil; in an evil manner; "his writing could be
diabolically satiric" syn: diabolically, fiendishly
2: in a playfully devilish manner; "the socialists are further
handicapped if they believe that capitalists are not only
wicked but also devilishly clever" syn: devilish
3: used as intensives extremely; "she was madly in love";
"deadly dull"; "deadly earnest"; "deucedly clever";
"insanely jealous" syn: madly, insanely, deadly, deucedly
see also:
diabolically fiendishly devilish madly insanely deadly
deucedly
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