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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

When I first made varsity, one of the upperclassmen put it like this: Coach Ellerly blows a whistle like the devil calling souls down to hell.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely

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