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devilishly

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dev·il·ish  (dv-lsh)
adj.
1. Of, resembling, or characteristic of a devil, as:
a. Malicious; evil.
b. Mischievous, teasing, or annoying.
2. Excessive; extreme: devilish heat.
adv.
Extremely; very.
devil·ish·ly adv.
devil·ish·ness n.
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Adv.1.devilishly - as a devil; in an evil manner; "his writing could be diabolically satiric"
diabolically, fiendishly
2.devilishly - in a playfully devilish manner; "the socialists are further handicapped if they believe that capitalists are not only wicked but also devilishly clever"
devilish
3.devilishly - (used as intensives) extremely; "she was madly in love"; "deadly dull"; "deadly earnest"; "deucedly clever"; "insanely jealous"
deucedly, insanely, deadly, madly
intensifier, intensive - a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier"
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She's making it devilishly uncomfortable for me," he went on nervously.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Chopin, Kate View in context
A smile--a horrid, deforming, unnatural smile--spread slowly, stealthily, devilishly over his face.
The Frozen Deep by Collins, Wilkie View in context
Shouldering one another to get next at the sharpening-stone, were men stripped to the waist, with the stain all over their limbs and bodies; men in all sorts of rags, with the stain upon those rags; men devilishly set off with spoils of women's lace and silk and ribbon, with the stain dyeing those trifles through and through.
A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles View in context
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