DIABOLICALLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does diabolically mean? 

• DIABOLICALLY (adverb)
  The adverb DIABOLICALLY has 1 sense:

1. as a devil; in an evil manner

  Familiarity information: DIABOLICALLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIABOLICALLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

As a devil; in an evil manner

Synonyms:

devilishly; diabolically; fiendishly

Context example:

his writing could be diabolically satiric

Pertainym:

diabolic (extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell)

 Context examples 

And, oh! That I could, with the extinction of your miserable existence, restore those victims whom you have so diabolically murdered!

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

There was something diabolically sweet in her tones—something of the tingling of glass when struck—which rang through the brains even of us who heard the words addressed to another.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

But no matter how Spitz circled, Joe whirled around on his heels to face him, mane bristling, ears laid back, lips writhing and snarling, jaws clipping together as fast as he could snap, and eyes diabolically gleaming—the incarnation of belligerent fear.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)