fiendishly

C1 Topic:Describing Qualities

UK /ˈfiːndɪʃli/ See IPA manual

Freq #59859

Meanings

1

adv
In an evil or wicked way.

The guards grinned fiendishly as they locked the prisoners in their cells.
2

adv
Extremely (often before a difficult or unpleasant quality).

The new safe was fiendishly hard to crack.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adv · in an evil or wicked way. devilishlysatanically

More diabolically

Word family

Related forms fiend fiendish fiendishness

Etymology

From fiendish + -ly.

Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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