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infernally

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in·fer·nal  (n-fûrnl)
adj.
1.
a. Of or relating to a lower world of the dead.
b. Of or relating to hell: infernal punishments; infernal powers.
2. Fiendish; diabolical: infernal instruments of war.
3. Abominable; awful: the infernal racket of the jackhammers.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin nfernlis, from nfernus, hell, from Latin, lower, underground; see dher- in Indo-European roots.]
in·fernal·ly adv.
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Adv.1.infernally - extremely; "infernally clever"; "hellishly dangerous"
hellishly
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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French infernally [ɪnˈfəːnəlɪ] adv → abominablement
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