<adv.all> his writing could be diabolically satiric
in a playfully devilish manner
<adv.all> the socialists are further handicapped if they believe that capitalists are not only wicked but also devilishly clever
(used as intensives) extremely
<adv.all> she was madly in love deadly dull deadly earnest deucedly clever insanely jealous
Devilish \Dev"il*ish\, a. 1. Resembling, characteristic of, or pertaining to, the devil; diabolical; wicked in the extreme. ``Devilish wickedness.'' --Sir P. Sidney.
This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. --James iii. 15.
The financing of the 100th Congress shows once again that limits are devilishly difficult to enforce, that the federal elections panel isn't much interested in enforcing them anyway, and that even unlimited spending seldom "buys" elections.