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deucedly

American  
[doo-sid-lee, dyoo-] / ˈdu sɪd li, ˈdyu- /

adverb

Chiefly British.
  1. devilishly; damnably.


Etymology

Origin of deucedly

First recorded in 1810–20; deuced + -ly

Example Sentences

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And when Turner walked in just at the stroke of seven o’clock, it was even more deucedly awkward.

From Literature

“It’s most important. You will put me in a deucedly awkward position if you don’t.”

From Literature

Not that I don't like obliging people, but I'm so deucedly forgetful.

From Project Gutenberg

“I am, though,” he chattered, “for I’m d—deucedly c—cold.”

From Project Gutenberg

But I can work only in my own way—a deucedly good one, by the same token!—and am producing the best book, I seem to conceive, that I have ever done.

From Project Gutenberg