DEVILISHLY

madly, insanely, deadly, deucedly, devilishly

(adverb) (used as intensives) extremely; “she was madly in love”; “deadly dull”; “deadly earnest”; “deucedly clever”; “insanely jealous”

devilishly, devilish

(adverb) in a playfully devilish manner; “the socialists are further handicapped if they believe that capitalists are not only wicked but also devilishly clever”

diabolically, devilishly, fiendishly

(adverb) as a devil; in an evil manner; “his writing could be diabolically satiric”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adverb

devilishly (comparative more devilishly, superlative most devilishly)

In a devilish manner.

Source: Wiktionary

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DEVILISH

Dev"il*ish, a.

1. Resembling, characteristic of, or pertaining to, the devil; diabolical; wicked in the extreme. "Devilish wickedness." Sir P. Sidney. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. James iii. 15.

2. Extreme; excessive. [Colloq.] Dryden.

Syn.

– Diabolical; infernal; hellish; satanic; wicked; malicious; detestable; destructive.

– Dev"il*ish*ly, adv.

– Dev"il*ish*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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