adjective
- Showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil.
- usage: "devilish schemes"; "the cold calculation and diabolic art of some statesmen"; "the diabolical expression on his face"; "a mephistophelian glint in his eye"
- synonyms: diabolic, diabolical, mephistophelian, mephistophelean
- Playful in an appealingly bold way.
- usage: "a roguish grin"
adverb
- In a playfully devilish manner.
- usage: "the socialists are further handicapped if they believe that capitalists are not only wicked but also devilishly clever"
- synonyms: devilishly
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