Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Hostile; inimical.
  • Fiend-like; devilish; fiendish.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective obsolete Fiendlike; monstrous; devilish.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective obsolete Hostile.
  • adjective Like a fiend; devilish.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Old English fēondliċ, corresponding to fiend +‎ -ly.

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