All 3 Uses of
diabolical
in
The Hound of the Baskervilles
- The original hound was material enough to tug a man's throat out, and yet he was diabolical as well.†
Chpt 3 *
- In your opinion there is a diabolical agency which makes Dartmoor an unsafe abode for a Baskerville—that is your opinion?†
Chpt 3
- The use of artificial means to make the creature diabolical was a flash of genius upon his part.†
Chpt 15
Definitions:
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(1)
(diabolical) evil; very bad; or cruel and clever (like something of the devil)
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely (and then in British English), diabolical can mean very bad -- as in "The traffic was diabolical."