deuced
Extremely, old-fashionedly speaking
Deuced is a mild, old-fashioned intensifier meaning damned or confounded: a deuced nuisance, deuced bad luck.
It derives from deuce as a euphemism for the devil.
The word sounds deliberately quaint in modern use, evoking Victorian or Edwardian speech: It's deuced difficult to find good help these days.
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- VictorianOf a prim era
- drawing-roomFormal reception room
- gentlemanCourteous, honorable man
chap · old boy · public school · Mayfair · toff · aristocrat · upper-class · parlour
In a wicked manner
- damnedCondemned to hell
- exceedinglyTo extreme degree
- confoundedlyAnnoyingly, to excess
- infernallyIn a fiendish way
blasted · frightfully · awfully · terribly · uncommonly · remarkably · extraordinarily · excessively
Cause of aggravation
- botherTo annoy or disturb
- vexationFrustrated annoyance
- irritationMild anger or inflammation
- aggravationState of being vexed
pest · trouble · inconvenience · headache · trial · tribulation · plague · torment
Wodehouse
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- VictorianOf a prim era
- drawing-roomFormal reception room
gentleman · chap · old boy · public school · Mayfair · toff · aristocrat · upper-class · parlour · manor
devilishly
In a wicked manner
- damnedCondemned to hell
- exceedinglyTo extreme degree
- confoundedlyAnnoyingly, to excess
infernally · blasted · frightfully · awfully · terribly · uncommonly · remarkably · extraordinarily · excessively · decidedly
devil
Evil supernatural entity
dash · bother · confound · hang · bally · blimey · crikey · egad · zounds · gadzooks
nuisance
Cause of aggravation
- botherTo annoy or disturb
- vexationFrustrated annoyance
- irritationMild anger or inflammation
aggravation · pest · trouble · inconvenience · headache · trial · tribulation · plague · torment · hassle
deucedblessedly
In a fortunate way
wonderfully · delightfully · splendidly · fortunately · happily
- deuces wildTwos are wildcards
- drop a deuceEmpty one's bowels
- deuce coupeCustomized 1932 Ford roadster