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devilish

/ˈdɛvəlɪʃ/ adverb C2
  1. Devilishly; very; exceedingly. (dated, informal) · It was devilish hot outside today.
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If the child were pricked with one of those arrows dipped in curare or some other devilish drug, it would mean death if the venom were not sucked out.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 68 · B2
I must say, Watson, that there is a certain devilish ingenuity about it, even if the queer name of the tenant did give him an opening which he could hardly have expected.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 90 · B2
There’s the devilish cunning of it!
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 172 · C1
You perceive the devilish cunning of it, for really it would be almost impossible to make a case against the real murderer.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 209 · C1

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