diabolically

1. 1.

   as a devil; in an evil manner

   “his writing could be diabolically satiric”

   Synonymsdevilishlyfiendishly

Questions about diabolically

What does diabolically mean?

diabolically means "as a devil; in an evil manner".

How many syllables are in diabolically?

diabolically has 6 syllables: di-a-bo-li-cal-ly. The stress falls on "li".

What is another word for diabolically?

Close synonyms include devilishly, fiendishly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is diabolically a common word?

diabolically is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.