demoniacally
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a word derived from
demoniac.
demoniacadjectiveof, relating to, or like a demon; demonic.
Example Sentences
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He plays the succulent part of Scrooge with delightful gusto, whether barking at charity solicitors, cringing before ghosts, demoniacally fleecing a business associate or lavishing favors on a startled Cratchit.
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Here, the gods are remote, the hero Orestes largely absent, and it is the women who seem demoniacally possessed.
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Both really lived, but Bluebeard the more demoniacally.
From Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern by Edgar Saltus
Twice have the big-eyed stone plovers piped demoniacally.
From My Tropic Isle by E. J. (Edmund James) Banfield
Therefore he fought tirelessly, savagely, demoniacally, the inroads of the white man into his territory.
From Arizona's Yesterday Being the Narrative of John H. Cady, Pioneer by John H. (John Henry) Cady