diabolically

English

Etymology

From diabolical +‎ -ly.

Adverb

diabolically (comparative more diabolically, superlative most diabolically)

  1. In a diabolical manner.
    • 1887, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Foreigner At Home”, in Memories and Portraits, New York: Charles Scribner, page 1:
      Two recent books, one by Mr. Grant White on England, one on France by the diabolically clever Mr. Hillebrand, may well have set people thinking on the divisions of races and nations.

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