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devilishness

Variant of devilish

adjective

of or like a devil; wicked; cruel; diabolic
mischievous; energetic; reckless
Informal
1. extremely bad
2. very great; extreme

Origin: ME develish

adverb

Informal extremely; excessively

Related Forms:

devilishly adverb
devilishness noun

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