fiendishly
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9.1
- adverb
- /ˈfiːndɪʃli/
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diabólicamente
- Solving the puzzle was fiendishly difficult, leaving even the experts scratching their heads.
- fiendishly clever
- fiendishly complicated
- fiendishly difficult
And it's been fiendishly difficult because there are some species such as the little brown bat.
- And it's been fiendishly difficult because there are some species such as the little brown bat.
- It's, it's fiendishly difficult to learn in.
Examples
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And it will have to be a fiendishly clever plan.
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Finally, can you handle the course's fiendishly difficult terrain?
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Not to say it's not worth doing, but it's fiendishly complex.
Blog text (18) -
When you first look at this, you think it's a free lunch, but in fact it's fiendishly complicated.
Fiction book (1991) -
It's the most fiendishly difficult country to negotiate with.
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Each one is more fiendishly clever than the last.
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The kid's plan was fiendishly clever.
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Particle physics has pinned its hope on string or membrane theories that are elegant but fiendishly difficult to decipher.
Academic text (2004) -
Among the trickiest errors to deal with are so-called systematic biases, which skew temperature measurements in fiendishly complex ways.
Blog text (24) -
The magician devised a fiendishly clever trick that left the audience in awe.
Synonyms
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6.3
In an evil and cruel way that harms other people
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6.8
In a very cruel and shocking way
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8.4
In a cruel way to hurt or frighten others
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8.4
In a very evil way
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7.2
In a playful, slightly naughty way that shows mischief
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8.8
In a very intense and unpleasant way
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8.4
To do something in a very shocking and cruel way
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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
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8.2
In a way that seems evil, wild, and frightening
In a cruel way showing pleasure at others' pain
In a rude way about religious things
To a very high degree
Antonyms
How Wicked
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word fiendishly comes from fiend, an old word meaning 'enemy' and later 'devil', plus the ending -ishly, which means 'in the manner of'. So when something is done fiendishly it is done like a devil: cruel, wicked, or extremely clever.