like the devil

Adverb

Meaning

(informal) with great speed or effort or intensity; used for emphasis

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

eagerly nimbly like crazy like mad like hell laboriously like sin like thunder

Examples

Make 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

Close letter words and terms

like the clappers of fuck like the clappers of hell like the deuce like the grown-ups like the horse like the man said