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Antonyms for demoniacally
Grammar : Adv |
Spell : dih-moh-nee-ak, dee-muh-nahy-ak |
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈmoʊ niˌæk, ˌdi məˈnaɪ æk |
Definition of demoniacally
Origin :- c.1400, "possessed, insane," earlier (late 14c.) as a noun, "one who is possessed," from Late Latin daemoniacus (c.200), from Greek daimoniakos "possessed by a demon," from diamon (see demon).
- As in brutally : adv cruelly, without remorse
- But I have always thought that you have more cause than I to be demoniacally inclined towards him.
- Extract from : « More Letters of Charles Darwin » by Charles Darwin
- All his faith, all his hope now rest solely on the Crucified, whom he had once demoniacally hated.
- Extract from : « Zones of the Spirit » by August Strindberg
- Robert Cecil, though nowise to be ranked with Howard as demoniacally malevolent, had evinced no disposition to release him.
- Extract from : « Sir Walter Ralegh » by William Stebbing
- Therefore he fought tirelessly, savagely, demoniacally, the inroads of the white man into his territory.
- Extract from : « Arizona's Yesterday » by John H. Cady
- Those who had believed her demoniacally possessed were refuted by these pious sayings.
- Extract from : « The Ingoldsby Country » by Charles G. (Charles George) Harper
- The old man—indeed he seemed an old man now—cringed, and the wrinkles came out in his face till he was demoniacally ugly.
- Extract from : « Lost Man's Lane » by Anna Katharine Green
Synonyms for demoniacally
- atrociously
- barbarically
- barbarously
- brutishly
- callously
- demoniacally
- diabolically
- ferally
- ferociously
- fiercely
- hardheartedly
- heartlessly
- in cold blood
- inexorably
- inhumanely
- inhumanly
- meanly
- mercilessly
- murderously
- pitilessly
- relentlessly
- remorselessly
- ruthlessly
- savagely
- something fierce
- something terrible
- unkindly
- unrelentingly
- viciously
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