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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
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Erivo enters in dark trousers and singlet, her body lean, sinewy, covered in tattoos, her head shorn, nose ringed, fingernails fiendishly extended, a vampire in waiting.—
Demetrios Matheou,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Feb. 2026
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Mays’ portrayal is fiendishly complex.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Diabolically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diabolically. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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