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Definition
evil; very bad; or cruel and clever (like something of the devil)
- This was strangely heightened at times by the ragged Elijah's diabolical incoherences uninvitedly recurring to me, with a subtle energy I could not have before conceived of.Chapters 28-30 — Ahab; (Enter Ahab; to Him, Stubb); The Pipe (5% in)
- "Oh, no," said he, looking a sort of diabolically funny, "the harpooneer is a dark complexioned chap.Chapters 1-3 — Loomings; The Carpet-Bag; The Spouter-Inn (52% in)
- He flies into diabolical passions sometimes.Chapters 100-102 — The Pequod meets....; The Decanter; A Bower in the Arsacides (32% in)
There are no more uses of "diabolical" in Moby Dick.
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