单词 | devil-like |
释义 | ˈdevil-like, a. and adv. [See like: cf. devilly.] A. adj. Like a devil; diabolical.
c1470Henry Wallace viii. 895 His dewyllyk deid he did in to Scotland. 1610Healey St. Aug. Citie of God iv. xxxii, Devil-like Princes perswaded their people to their owne vaine inventions. 1722E. Haywood Brit. Recluse 73 With more than Devil-like cruelty. 1869W. P. Mackay Grace & Truth (1875) 225 What a devil-like intention! B. adv. Like, or after the manner of a devil; diabolically.
1688Bunyan Jerusalem Sinner Saved (1886) 129 Who has..thus horribly and devil-like contemned and trampled upon Him. 1717L. Howel Desiderius 104 Themselves, Devil-like, are never the better for doing us this Mischief. |

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