demonically

demonically

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English demonic
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
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Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
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Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
Middle English -ally
English -ally
English demonically

    From demonic + -ally.

    Adverb

    demonically (comparative more demonically, superlative most demonically)

    1. In a demonic way.
      • 2018 June 7, Peter Bradshaw, “The scariest horror films ever – ranked!”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
        Audition…An almost unclassifiable masterpiece of J-horror and one of the very few movies in the genre in which the demonically violent protagonist is allowed to be a woman, satirising women’s position in Japanese society and cinema.

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