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diabolically

diabolically adverb: in a diabolical manner.

Adverb

diabolically (comparative more diabolically, superlative most diabolically)

  1. In a diabolical manner.
    • 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.1887, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Foreigner At Home”, in Memories and Portraits, New York: Charles Scribner, page 1

Forms of diabolically

comparativemore diabolically
superlativemost diabolically

Origin of diabolically

From diabolical + -ly.

Questions about diabolically

What does diabolically mean?
Diabolically means in a diabolical manner.
What part of speech is diabolically?
Diabolically is an adverb.

Words near diabolically in the dictionary

  1. diabolepsy
  2. diabolic
  3. diabolical
  4. diabolicalities
  5. diabolicality
  6. diabolically
  7. diabolicalness
  8. diabolick
  9. diabolified
  10. diabolifies
  11. diabolify

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