Adverb
(informal) with great speed or effort or intensity; used for emphasis
Source: WordNetMake money your god and it will plague you like the devil. Henry Fielding
Jesus did not come to the Earth to start 285 squabbling denominations fighting over the Bible. How like the devil to divide Christians over the Bible. John Hagee
One should fight like the devil the temptation to think well of editors. They are all, without exception - at least some of the time, incompetent or crazy. John Gardner
Good thing he's dead," Lula said, "or that would have hurt like the devil. Janet Evanovich
Everything I was afraid of when I was growing up, I've become. I've taken on my nightmares, like the devil and the end of the world, and I've become those things. Marilyn Manson
Read like the devil reads the Bible. Finnish Proverb