like the devil

ADVERB

busily

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ardently assiduously carefully diligently eagerly earnestly energetically enthusiastically hastily hurriedly laboriously nimbly painstakingly purposefully restlessly vigorously

WEAK

agilely animatedly arduously briskly expeditiously fervently indefatigably industriously like all get out like the dickens perseveringly persistently seriously speedily spiritedly strenuously studiously unremittingly unweariedly vigilantly vivaciously zealously

Antonyms

WEAK

idly inactively quietly

Example Sentences

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For Joe's mother, Michelle - not her real name - the crime gang were "like the devil".

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2024

His voice slows like the devil on a record played backward.

From Salon • Dec. 13, 2022

"I had to work hard like the devil to be able to leave."

From Reuters • Aug. 11, 2021

I remember we were in Iowa, and some guy came dressed like the devil.

From Washington Post • Sep. 4, 2020

I had a teacher who was more like the devil once, Tiago said.

From "Harbor Me" by Jacqueline Woodson