dev·il·ish (d v  -l sh)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. dev il·ish·ly adv.dev il·ish·ness n. |
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| Adv. | 1. | devilishly - as a devil; in an evil manner; "his writing could be diabolically satiric" |
| 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" | |
| 3. | devilishly - (used as intensives) extremely; "she was madly in love"; "deadly dull"; "deadly earnest"; "deucedly clever"; "insanely jealous" 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" |
Translations
devilishly [ˈdevlɪʃlɪ] ADV [behave] → endemoniadamente
devilishly clever → la mar de listo, sumamente listo
devilishly clever → la mar de listo, sumamente listo
devilishly
adv
= devilish ADV
chuckle, grin → schalkhaft, verschmitzt
devilishly [ˈdɛvlɪʃlɪ] adv (laugh etc) → in modo diabolico; (old) (extremely) → terribilmente
devilishly [ˈdɛvlɪʃlɪ] adv (laugh etc) → in modo diabolico; (old) (extremely) → terribilmente
devilishly [ˈdɛvlɪʃlɪ] adv (laugh etc) → in modo diabolico; (old) (extremely) → terribilmente
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