demoniac
adjective
of, relating to, or like a demon; demonic.
demoniacally
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a word derived from
demoniac.
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.
From Time Magazine Archive
Here, the gods are remote, the hero Orestes largely absent, and it is the women who seem demoniacally possessed.
From Time Magazine Archive
He now almost demoniacally contemplated the ruin of Mr. Carrel Quire.
From Mr. Prohack by Arnold Bennett
It has become so grimy, so demoniacally fantastic in its outlines, that the beholder turns from it with a shudder.
From Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life by Orison Swett Marden
The old man—indeed he seemed an old man now—cringed, and the wrinkles came out in his face till he was demoniacally ugly.
From Lost Man's Lane A Second Episode in the Life of Amelia Butterworth by Anna Katharine Green
