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Recent Examples of diabolically
Varner described the creatures as diabolically cunning, destructive, and nocturnal.
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Paige Williams, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
That’s par for the course in a facility where all of the nurses are angels (Fisayo Akinade’s diabolically endearing Nurse Angel in particular), and nobody else seems to be sick.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 11 Dec. 2025
Another long-leaf cactus, the Spanish bayonet, was diabolically equipped with a blood groove.
—Tim Kelly, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
Paige Williams, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
That’s par for the course in a facility where all of the nurses are angels (Fisayo Akinade’s diabolically endearing Nurse Angel in particular), and nobody else seems to be sick.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 11 Dec. 2025
Another long-leaf cactus, the Spanish bayonet, was diabolically equipped with a blood groove.
—Tim Kelly, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for diabolically
fiendishly
Adverb
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Of the four dropped catches, two were fiendishly difficult, one was eminently takeable, and one was a howler.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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The ending is easy to anticipate and no less fiendishly pleasing for it; seeing the karmic scales balanced this well deserves a hearty Cryptkeeper cackle.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Diabolically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diabolically. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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