devilishness
- a word derived from devilish.
Example Sentences
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A cautionary tale about the perils of modern dating, the devilishness of technology or the ambiguity of consent?
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2023
The statement may have come across benignly in 1954 — it is, after all, this show’s first signpost of a testy romance and a signal of the devilishness we’re meant to admire in Sid.
From Washington Post • Jan. 4, 2018
You can be thankful that he doesn’t try to imitate Mr. Nicholson’s patented brand of seductive devilishness.
From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2016
Dickham’s only real hint of devilishness is immaculate facial hair and ownership of a super-snazzy folding silver water beaker, the kind of thing David Blaine might take on a camping trip.
From The Guardian • Sep. 4, 2014
For sometimes he will jump furiously at a fly, for very devilishness, without ever meaning to take it, and then, wearying suddenly of his gymnastics, he will snatch sulkily at a grasshopper, beetle, or worm.
From Fishing with a Worm by Perry, Bliss
