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Wingb1 Posted 19 years ago
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diabolical / diabolic - what's the difference?
0 What's the difference between diabolical and diabolic, when they're both adjectives? 02 br
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0 From The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993:... 02 br
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00 Most dictionaries cite these as variants, two forms of the same adjective. Some commentators say that diabolic is more literally devilish in its referent, whereas diabolical is mainly figurative, meaning “awful, dreadful, fearful,” but in fact context c
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00 "diabolic, diabolical (adjs.) 02 br
00 Most dictionaries cite these as variants, two forms of the same adjective. Some commentators say that diabolic is more literally devilish in its referent, whereas diabolical is mainly figurative, meaning “awful, dreadful, fearful,” but in fact context c
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