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Definition of Thievish
1. Adjective. Given to thievery.
Definition of Thievish
1. a. Given to stealing; addicted to theft; as, a thievish boy, a thievish magpie.
Definition of Thievish
1. Adjective. Having a tendency to steal ¹
2. Adjective. Having the manner of a thief; furtive ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thievish
1. given to stealing [adj]
Medical Definition of Thievish
1. 1. Given to stealing; addicted to theft; as, a thievish boy, a thievish magpie. 2. Like a thief; acting by stealth; sly; secret. "Time's thievish progress to eternity." (Shak) 3. Partaking of the nature of theft; accomplished by stealing; dishonest; as, a thievish practice. "Or with a base and biosterous sword enforce A thievish living on the common road." (Shak) Thiev"ishly, Thiev"ishness. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thievish
Literary usage of Thievish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler (1900)
"KINGDOMS WITHOUT JUSTICE LIKE UNTO thievish PURCHASES SET justice aside, and what
are kingdoms but fair thievish purchases? because what are thieves' ..."
2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"I. See thievish. 8. secret, furtive, surreptitious, sly, underhand, clandestine.
steamer, n. puffer (colloq. or contextual), steamboat (chiefly spec}; spec, ..."
3. Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa: Including a Sketch of by David Livingstone (1858)
"No Blood shed in consequence.—Rate of Traveling.—Slave Women. —Way of addressing
Slaves.—Their thievish Propensities.—Feeders of the Congo or Zaire. ..."
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