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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

“We’re going to try like the devil to keep schools open,” he said, because studies have shown “that losing a semester can put a kid back a year and a half.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2022

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

From Reuters • Aug. 11, 2021

We run like the devil from the Border Patrol shouting shouting.

From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads

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