fiendishly

Example Sentences

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Mays’ portrayal — I can’t imagine anyone topping his interpretation of the character — is fiendishly complex.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

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

GCHQ's Chief Puzzler, known only as "Colin", described this year's tests as "fiendishly enjoyable".

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2024

It looked like a relatively simple problem—but it was fiendishly difficult to build a simple model.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee