adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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devilish torture techniques
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A sound enough plan in theory, but in practice it turned out to be a devilish job.
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Charlton Heston plays Perry, complete with devilish beard, and he does everything but cackle with delight over his evilness.
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Costner, with his easy grin, incipient beer belly, thinning hair and bright devilish eyes, plays broken-down convincingly.
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That lack of balance too is devilish .
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The girl was alone and devilish thoughts were playing on his mind.
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We were cast into impenetrable blackness, with the rain still cascading down and that devilish thing on the loose!