fiendishly

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One of the paradoxes of songwriting is that it can be fiendishly difficult to craft something that sounds effortlessly simple.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025

After “The Dark Knight,” the Marvel Cinematic Universe slowly, fiendishly consumed the superhero genre, making it the superhero industrial complex.

From Salon • Jul. 13, 2025

There’s no room for subtlety, but the Freudian monster she creates hits her fiendishly funny marks.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2024

Rather than recycling standardized test questions, organizers paid leading math experts a few hundred dollars to concoct fiendishly difficult, original problems across a broad range of fields.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 2, 2024

The next big hurdle will be Germany’s naval Enigma, which has four rotors and fiendishly complex procedures.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin