infernal

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English, from Late Latin infernālis, equivalent to Latin infern(us) “situated below, of the underworld” (see inferior) + -ālis -al¹

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in·fer·nal·i·ty, nounin·fer·nal·ly, adverb

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How to use infernal in a sentence

And he was so infernally insistent about it, that she was forced to pull up and get away from the post in self-defense.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
The time passed infernally slowly for men waiting to test a hopeless hazard.
A Virginia Scout|Hugh Pendexter
The consolation lay in the probability that such infernally bad soldiers would have made jurors quite as infernally bad.
The Lieutenant-Governor|Guy Wetmore Carryl
You're a brick to join me in this sort of life, and I'm afraid I'm an infernally bad host.
The Riddle of the Sands|Erskine Childers

I suppose they know their own business best, but they do seem most infernally slow in getting under weigh.
The History of Sir Richard Calmady|Lucas Malet

British Dictionary definitions for infernal

infernal

/ (ɪnˈfɜːnəl) /

adjective

of or relating to an underworld of the dead

deserving hell or befitting its occupants; diabolic; fiendish

informal irritating; confounded

Derived forms of infernal

infernality, nouninfernally, adverb

Word Origin for infernal

C14: from Late Latin infernālis, from infernus hell, from Latin (adj): lower, hellish; related to Latin inferus low

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