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FIENDISHLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fiendishly mean?
• FIENDISHLY (adverb)
The adverb FIENDISHLY has 1 sense:
1. as a devil; in an evil manner
Familiarity information: FIENDISHLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
As a devil; in an evil manner
Synonyms:
devilishly; diabolically; fiendishly
Context example:
his writing could be diabolically satiric
Pertainym:
fiendish (extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell)
Context examples
I am not brutally selfish, blindly unjust, or fiendishly ungrateful.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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