Deuced
[dju:st]
Definition
(a.) Devilish; excessive; extreme.
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Examples
- I was a deuced deal more nervous than you were that morning. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It'll be a deuced unpleasant thing if she takes it into her head to let out, when those fellows are here, won't it? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- That's deuced good, that is! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Deuced cheerful outlook, Alice, said Clayton. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Deuced bold thing to show herself in that get-up; but, gad, there isn't a break in the lines anywhere, and I suppose she wanted us to know it! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Rawdon was glad, deuced glad; the weight was off his conscience about poor Briggs's money. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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