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Definition of Demonically
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Demonically
Literary usage of Demonically
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens (1908)
"A constant flow of praise loses all strength for an impartial mind, as does also
a constant flow of abuse. We have in fiction demonically bad Jews, ..."
2. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"We have in fiction demonically bad Jews, and ideally good ones. Barabbas and
Fagin on the one hand, Sheva, Rebecca, and Riah on the other. ..."
3. Music (1893)
"... deeply poetical and at the same time demonically overpowering delivery, which
in a still higher spiritual sphere, only Paganini attained. ..."
4. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2006)
"... puts him over the top as one of the rare, demonically original, challenging
and gifted writers SF sees about as often as two-headed calves are born. ..."
5. The Greek Anthology by Neaves (1883)
"A parody upon this appeared upon a runner who was so slow that he seemed never
to move: " If Pericles there ran or sate, none know: He was so demonically ..."
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