Synonyms:
devilish, diabolic, diabolical, mephistophelian, mephistophelean
Meaning: showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil; "devilish schemes"; "the cold calculation and diabolic art of some statesmen"; "the diabolical expression on his face"; "a mephistophelian glint in his eye"
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meaning of the word
Synonyms:
devilishly, devilish
Meaning: in a playfully devilish manner; "the socialists are further handicapped if they believe that capitalists are not only wicked but also devilishly clever"
Usage examples
She's so devilish positive."
"She's devilish like Miss Cutler that I used to meet at Dumdum, only fairer.
These royalists are good swordsmen, and the Englishman is devilish cunning, and looks very powerful.
Not but that I shall be down again by the end of a fortnight, and a devilish long fortnight it will appear to me."
That's a devilish good catch-phrase," he added, starting forward in the joy of his newborn epigram: "Devilish good.
The wretch saw me destroy the creature on whose future existence he depended for happiness, and with a howl of devilish despair and revenge, withdrew.
Then another cart came by at the same pace, but the occupant of the throne was not old like the others, but a man stalwart and robust, and of a forbidding countenance, who as he came up said in a voice far hoarser and more devilish, "I am the enchanter Archelaus, the mortal enemy of Amadis of Gaul and all his kindred," and then passed on.
I shall be afraid to leave you here with these devilish scoundrels." But when she put the suggestion to Usanga the black immediately suspected some plan to thwart him--possibly to carry him against his will back to the German masters he had traitorously deserted, and glowering at her savagely, he obstinately refused to entertain the suggestion.