fiendishness

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It had to outlast Peru in an intercontinental playoff on eccentric penalty kicks most noted for how a reserve Australian goalkeeper danced around with a fine fiendishness.

From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 2022

Her grins betray pride in her work and in her own fiendishness, blending her callous coltishness with a midcareer self-assurance.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2019

While many saw fiendishness in the tournament selection committee setting this matchup, Richard Pitino saw nothing but geeky stuff.

From Washington Post • Mar. 21, 2019

Over Isaiah Barr’s warbling tenor saxophone and a minor, downward crawl from the bassist Walter Stinson, Mr. Hakim was whispery and coy, suggesting both innocence and fiendishness.

From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2018

Macaulay’s portrait of the Lord Chief Justice of England for ferocity and fiendishness beats out of sight Bunyan’s picture of that judge who keeps Satan’s own seal in Bunyan’s Book. 

From Bunyan Characters (1st Series) by Whyte, Alexander