craftily


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craft·y

(krăf′tē)
adj. craft·i·er, craft·i·est
1. Skilled in or marked by underhandedness, deviousness, or deception.
2. Devoted to or skilled at handicrafts such as knitting or woodworking.
3. Archaic Skillful; dexterous.

[Middle English, from Old English cræftig, strong, skillful, from cræft, skill.]

craft′i·ly adv.
craft′i·ness n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adv.1.craftily - in an artful mannercraftily - in an artful manner; "he craftily arranged to be there when the decision was announced"; "had ever circumstances conspired so cunningly?"
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Translations
بِمُخادَعَـه، بِمُراوَغَـه
lstivě
dreventlistigtudspekuleret
lymskulega
ľstivo
kurnazcaşeytanca

craftily

[ˈkrɑːftɪlɪ] ADVastutamente
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

craftily

[ˈkrɑːftɪli] adv (= cleverly) → avec rusecraft knife ncutter m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

craftily

advschlau, clever
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

craftily

[ˈkrɑːftɪlɪ] adv (see adj) → furbamente, astutamente, abilmente
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

craft

(kraːft) noun
1. an art or skill. the craft of wood-carving.
2. (plural craft) a boat or ship. sailing craft.
3. cunning or trickery. craft and deceit.
ˈcrafty adjective
cunning and sly.
ˈcraftily adverb
ˈcraftiness noun
ˈcraftsman (ˈkraːftsmən) noun
a person skilled at making things (especially by hand).
ˈcraftsmanship (ˈkraːfts-) noun
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References in classic literature ?
There are five particulars in which, under fair pretences, the rich craftily endeavour to undermine the rights of the people, these are their public assemblies, their offices of state, their courts of justice, their military power, and their gymnastic exercises.
I must act craftily, so as to catch both.' So he walked for a short time by the side of Little Red-Cap, and then he said: 'See, Little Red-Cap, how pretty the flowers are about here--why do you not look round?
On this occasion she asked me very craftily when grandfather expected to begin planting corn.
It was a smile that had in it something both of pain and weakness--a haggard old man's smile; but there was, besides that, a grain of derision, a shadow of treachery, in his expression as he craftily watched, and watched, and watched me at my work.
This scheme was pretty craftily contrived; for the women of America were very fond of tea, and did not like to give up the use of it.
The next moment, craftily lifted up about the girth of his leg by an iron fork, the noose tightened and the bite of it sank home into his flesh and pride.
Never, I feel sure, were truth and falsehood more craftily interwoven; yet I had thought of none of it until the woman was at my door, while of much I had not thought at all.
"I could not help being a little anxious," she said craftily, but I must own, with some sweetness.
Greaves and knee-pieces were also of leather backed by steel, and their gauntlets and shoes were of iron plates, craftily jointed, So, with jingle of arms and clatter of hoofs, they rode across the Bridge of Avon, while the burghers shouted lustily for the flag of the five roses and its gallant guard.
Whether the witch had read the minister's thoughts or no, she came to a full stop, looked shrewdly into his face, smiled craftily, and -- though little given to converse with clergymen -- began a conversation.
Then, when they had made their offerings and had drunk each as much as he desired, Ulysses craftily said:--
"She was a novelist," said Lucy craftily. The remark was a happy one, for nothing roused Mrs.