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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Di·a·bol·ic Di·a·bol·ic·al a.
 1. Pertaining to the devil; resembling, or appropriate, or appropriate to, the devil; befitting hell or satan; devilish; infernal; impious; as, a diabolic or diabolical temper or act; the diabolical expression on his face; fires lit up a diabolic scene. “Diabolic power.” --Milton. “The diabolical institution.” --Motley.
 Syn: -- devilish, mephistophelian, mephistophelean.
 3.  extremely evil or cruel; atrocious; outrageously wicked; as, diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils; diabolical torturers taking pleasure in their craft.
 Syn: -- demonic, fiendish, hellish, infernal, nefarious, satanic.
  -- Di*a*bol*ic*al*ly, adv. -- Di*a*bol*ic*al*ness, n.
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