devilishly
1. as a devil;
in an evil manner
- his writing could be diabolically satiric
• Syn:
diabolically, fiendishly
• Derived from adjective:
fiendish (for: fiendishly), devilish, diabolic (for: diabolically)
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
• Derived from adjective:
devilish
3. (used as intensives) extremely
- she was madly in love
- deadly dull
- deadly earnest
- deucedly clever
- insanely jealous
• Syn:
madly, insanely, deadly, deucedly
• Usage Domain:
intensifier, intensive
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