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Definition of Knavishly
1. Adverb. In an artful manner. "Had ever circumstances conspired so cunningly?"
Partainyms: Artful, Crafty, Cunning, Foxy, Knavish, Sly, Tricky
Definition of Knavishly
1. adv. In a knavish manner; dishonestly; fraudulently.
Definition of Knavishly
1. Adverb. In a knavish manner. ¹
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Definition of Knavishly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Knavishly
Literary usage of Knavishly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Monopolies and the People by D. C. Cloud (1873)
"owners what other people pay them, and not inquiring curiously and knavishly into
their original cost. Between honest parties to a bargain, that, ..."
2. Old English Plays: Being a Selection from the Early Dramatic Writers by Charles Wentworth Dilke (1814)
"You mean knavishly* ; and yet I hope foul water will quench hot fire as soon ...
knavishly," wantonly. t Persons confined for small offences in the house of ..."
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