DEVILISHLY as ADVERB

  1. Meaning
    • (used as intensives) extremely
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    • she was madly in love
    • deadly dull
    • deadly earnest
    • deucedly clever
    • insanely jealous
  2. Meaning
    • in a playfully devilish manner
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • the socialists are further handicapped if they believe that capitalists are not only wicked but also devilishly clever
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  3. Meaning
    • as a devil
    • in an evil manner
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • his writing could be diabolically satiric
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