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Definition of Craftiest
1. crafty [adj] - See also: crafty
Lexicographical Neighbors of Craftiest
Literary usage of Craftiest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Once a Week by Eneas Sweetland Dallas (1866)
"But in vain did I ask for assistance, Mr. Sharp a deaf ear turned to mo— Ab !
he was the craftiest lawyer That ever demanded a feo ! ..."
2. Eminent British Statesmen by James Mackintosh, John Forster, John Macdiarmid, Thomas Peregrine Courtenay (1831)
"were the heads; by the latter he conciliated the adherents of the ancient worship,
of which Gardiner, bishop of Winchester, one of the craftiest and ablest ..."
3. Outing (1892)
"Patient practice, study and intelligent observation will speedily improve his
methods, until he can finally fairly outwit his craftiest quarry, and rightly ..."
4. Once a Week by Eneas Sweetland Dallas (1866)
"But in vain did I ask for assistance, Mr. Sharp a deaf ear turned to mo— Ab !
he was the craftiest lawyer That ever demanded a feo ! ..."
5. Eminent British Statesmen by James Mackintosh, John Forster, John Macdiarmid, Thomas Peregrine Courtenay (1831)
"were the heads; by the latter he conciliated the adherents of the ancient worship,
of which Gardiner, bishop of Winchester, one of the craftiest and ablest ..."
6. Outing (1892)
"Patient practice, study and intelligent observation will speedily improve his
methods, until he can finally fairly outwit his craftiest quarry, and rightly ..."