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Demoniacally

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de·mo·ni·ac  (d-mn-k) also de·mo·ni·a·cal (dm-n-kl)
adj.
1. Possessed, produced, or influenced by a demon: demoniac creatures.
2. Of, resembling, or suggestive of a devil; fiendish: demoniac energy; a demoniacal fit.
n.
One who is or seems to be possessed by a demon.
[Middle English demoniak, from Late Latin daemoniacus, from Greek *daimoniakos, from daimonios, of a spirit, from daimn, divine power; see demon.]
demo·nia·cal·ly adv.
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Adv.1.demoniacally - in a very agitated manner; as if possessed by an evil spirit
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Sometimes I heard the foxes as they ranged over the snow-crust, in moonlight nights, in search of a partridge or other game, barking raggedly and demoniacally like forest dogs, as if laboring with some anxiety, or seeking expression, struggling for light and to be dogs outright and run freely in the streets; for if we take the ages into our account, may there not be a civilization going on among brutes as well as men?
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I have never in my life heard anything more demoniacally distinct.
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