devilish

• Naturally, once China showed a willingness to abandon its axenic attitude towards foreign devils and all things foreign-devilish, the European Powers turned their eyes and energies towards her, and a strenuous commercial and diplomatic race after prospective concessions for railways, mines, and undertakings of all kinds began. —  William of Germany
• Some kind of devilish organization of spies or sabotage agents from a foreign power has apparently killed my brother! —  050 - The Terror In The Navy
• But sooner or later it brings one up standing with a laugh impossible to describe, unless it is devilish--so clear, so keen, so intelligent, so beyond expression malicious. —  Son of Power
• No prudent Eagle but would be exceedingly desirous of keeping on good terms with him--devilish shy, i' faith, of giving him any offence by the least hauteur of manner, or the slightest violation of etiquette. —  Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2
• It's devilish luck, ma'am, that's what it is--devilish Elvine remained lost in thought, and the man's narrow eyes never left the profile she presented to him. —  The Forfeit

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