| ADJECTIVE | all | devilish, diabolic, diabolical, mephistophelian, mephistophelean | showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil |
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| all | devilish, rascally, roguish | playful in an appealingly bold way | |
| ADVERB | all | devilish, devilishly | in a playfully devilish manner |
| Sounds | deh'vlihsh | |
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| Rhymes | abolish ... Yiddish: 161 rhymes with ihsh... | |
| Meaning | showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil. | |
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| Example | "devilish schemes" | |
| Synonyms | diabolic, diabolical, mephistophelian, mephistophelean | |
| Broader | evil | morally bad or wrong |
| Spanish | diabólico, mefistofélico | |
| Adverbs | devilishly | in a playfully devilish manner |
| devilishly | as a devil | |
| Meaning | playful in an appealingly bold way. | |
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| Synonyms | rascally, roguish | |
| Broader | playful | Full of fun and high spirits |
| Spanish | bribón, pícaro, pillo | |
| Meaning | In a playfully devilish manner. | |
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| Example | "the socialists are further handicapped if they believe that capitalists are not only wicked but also devilishly clever" | |
| Synonym | devilishly | |
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