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craftily

adv

Etymology

From Middle English craftyly, craftily, craftiliche, from Old English cræftiġlīċe (“craftily, skillfully”), equivalent to crafty + -ly.

  1. inherited from cræftiġlīċe — “craftily, skillfully”
  2. inherited from craftyly

Definitions

  1. In a crafty manner

    In a crafty manner; slyly.

    • But the most bizarre twist of events was yet to come. That afternoon, Labour tabled a craftily worded motion. It would have guaranteed parliamentary time for a bill to ban fracking.

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