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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (2)

1. with great speed or effort or intensity;
- Example: "drove like crazy"
- Example: "worked like hell to get the job done"
- Example: "ran like sin for the storm cellar"
- Example: "work like thunder"
- Example: "fought like the devil"
[syn: like hell, like mad, like crazy, like sin, like thunder, like the devil]

2. used ironically to indicate the opposite of what is stated;
- Example: "says he'll help me? Like hell he will!"


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

like hell adv 1: with great speed or effort or intensity; "drove like crazy"; "worked like hell to get the job done"; "ran like sin for the storm cellar"; "work like thunder"; "fought like the devil" [syn: like hell, like mad, like crazy, like sin, like thunder, like the devil] 2: used ironically to indicate the opposite of what is stated; "says he'll help me? Like hell he will!"