What does deviltry mean?
Deviltry means Devilry..
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/ˈdɛv.əl.tɹi/ · noun
Devilry..
The poor girl had a right to her chance, and he should not really alter anything by taking it away from her; for was she not the artist to the tips of her tresses (the ambassadress never in the world), and would she not take it out in something else if one were to make her deviate? So certain was that irrepressible deviltry to insist ever on its own.
They stand back to make room for every rascal and demagogue who chooses to cloak his selfish deviltry under the veil of race pride.
This is the law of "enantiodromia" whereby every extreme turns into its opposite, whereby Satanism is actually created by Puritanism and deviltry by sanctity.
Use deviltry when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Deviltry means Devilry..
Common synonyms include mischief, devilry, roguery, devilment.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The poor girl had a right to her chance, and he should not really alter anything by taking it away from her; for was she not the artist to the tips of her tresses (the ambassadress never in the world), and would she not take it out in something else if one were to make her deviate? So certain was that irrepressible deviltry to insist ever on its own.
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