demonically
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8.2
- adverb
- /dɪˈmɒnɪkli/
- Literature
:
demoníacamente
- [David roars demonically, Sam screams]
- demonically possessed
Examples
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A deeply religious girl gets demonically possessed, but for some reason, what, the possession doesn"t take?
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Gomez demonically starts his second train, setting it on a sure collision course with the first.
Fiction book (1991) -
I believe that your husband is demonically oppressed as he is a child of God.
Blog text (25) -
We are tracking across the office toward Mussburger, his feet up on his desk, laughing demonically, smoking his cigar.
Fiction book (1994) -
(speaking demonically)
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He smiles demonically, holding up the Ninja Turtle float ring.
Fiction book (1993) -
Here the lost, the victims of all faiths, fall through eternity in a multitude, cackling demonically.
Fiction book (1997) -
[growls demonically]
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Terminator dumps lighter fluid liberally over the fire, which flares up, lighting his face demonically.
Fiction book (1991) -
The villain laughed demonically as the hero struggled to escape the trap.
Synonyms
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9.1
In a very cruel, very clever, or very difficult way
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8.4
In a cruel way to hurt or frighten others
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7.4
To do something with great energy and effort
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8.4
In a very evil way
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8.8
In a very intense and unpleasant way
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8.8
In a way that is very bad or annoying
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8.9
In a very evil way
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8.6
In a way that shows a wish to hurt others
In a wild, frenzied way as if possessed by an evil spirit
In a way that seems evil or threatening
In a rude way about religious things
Antonyms
How Evil
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Demonically comes from demon, which goes back to the old Greek word daimon meaning 'spirit'. Over time demon came to mean an evil or wild spirit, so demonically describes actions that seem like a demon, wild, evil, or frenzied.