| ADVERB | all | devilishly, diabolically, fiendishly | as a devil |
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| all | devilishly, devilish | in a playfully devilish manner | |
| all | devilishly, madly, insanely, deadly, deucedly | (used as intensives) extremely |
| Sounds | deh'vahlihshliy; deh'vlihshliy | |
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| Rhymes | ably ... zealously: 1543 rhymes with liy... | |
| Meaning | As a devil; in an evil manner. | |
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| Synonyms | diabolically, fiendishly | |
| Catalan | diabòlicament | |
| Adjectives | devilish | showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil |
| 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 | devilish | |
| Adjectives | devilish | showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil |
| Meaning | (used as intensives) extremely. | |
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| Synonyms | madly, insanely, deadly, deucedly | |
| Usage of | intensifier, intensive | A modifier that has little meaning / meaning except to intensify the meaning / meaning it modifies |
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