Hypertext Webster Gateway: "diabolically"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Diabolic \Di`a*bol"ic\, Diabolical \Di`a*bol"ic*al\, a. [L.
diabolicus, Gr. ? devilish, slanderous: cf. F. diabolique.
See {Devil}.]
Pertaining to the devil; resembling, or appropriate, or
appropriate to, the devil; devilish; infernal; impious;
atrocious; nefarious; outrageously wicked; as, a diabolic or
diabolical temper or act. ``Diabolic power.'' --Milton. ``The
diabolical institution.'' --Motley. -- {Di`a*bol"ic*al*ly},
adv. -- {Di`a*bol"ic*al*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
diabolically
adv : as a devil; in an evil manner; "his writing could be
diabolically satiric" [syn: {devilishly}, {fiendishly}]
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