the Devil

See also: the devil

English

Adverb

the Devil (not comparable)

1. Alternative letter-case form of the devil.
   • 1771, Amyas Griffith, The Swadler. A New Comedy of Three Acts., Clonmell: […] Edward Collins, page 38:

     What’s all this!-⁠-⁠-what’s here to do!-⁠-⁠-what the Devil are you all about!-⁠-⁠-Zounds! who do you want here, Mr. Trueman?

   • 1982, The London Magazine, page 3:

     Who the Devil are you? Where the Devil do you come from / And what the Devil are you doing crusted up like a cloud-cuckoo?

   • 2015, Dewey Lambdin, Kings and Emperors, Canelo, published 2020, →ISBN:

     “Whatever did happen to you, sir? How the Devil did ye get captured? Once the Dons ran off, we couldn’t find hide nor hair of you.”

Proper noun

the Devil

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see the,‎ Devil.