Definition of Craftily

1. Adverb. In an artful manner. "Had ever circumstances conspired so cunningly?"


Definition of Craftily

1. adv. With craft; artfully; cunningly.

Definition of Craftily

1. Adverb. In a crafty manner; slyly. ¹

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Definition of Craftily

1. crafty [adv] - See also: crafty

Lexicographical Neighbors of Craftily

craft
craft centre
craft centres
craft fair
craft palsy
craft union
craftable
craftables
crafte
crafted
craftedness
crafter
crafters
craftier
craftiest
craftily (current term)
craftiness
craftinesses
crafting
craftless
craftlike
craftmanship
crafts
crafts centre
craftsman
craftsmanlike
craftsmanly
craftsmanship
craftsmanships
craftsmaster

Literary usage of Craftily

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on the Parties to Actions, and on Pleading: With Second and Third by Joseph Chitty, Thomas Chitty, John A. Dunlap, Edward Duncan Ingraham (1837)
"Yet the said defendant, not regarding his said promise and undertaking, but contriving, and fraudulently intending craftily and subtly to deceive and injure ..."

2. A Treatise on Pleading, and Parties to Actions: With Second and Third by Joseph Chitty, Henry Greening, John A. Dunlap, Edward Duncan Ingraham, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1866)
"... money 2>aid, and had and received, accounts stated, and breach.] ' . an(î undertaking, thereby craftily and subtly deceived the said TO CON- ..."

3. A General History of Rome from the Foundation of the City to the Fall of by Charles Merivale (1886)
"Confinement of her son Drusus.—Sejanus appointed consul for rive years.—He begins to lose favor with Tiberius, and is craftily overthrown. ..."

4. The Annals of the English Bible by Christopher Anderson (1845)
"... by whom yc shall perceive doubleness in the oilier, in him, or both ; the which being never во craftily handled, I would not were hidden. ..."

5. The Reports of the Most Learned Sir Edmund Saunders, Knt: Of Several by Edmund Saunders, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, John Williams (1845)
"Yet the said John Sweeting, not regarding his said promise and undertaking, but contriving and fraudulently intending craftily and De Symonds \. Shedden. ..."

6. A Treatise on the Parties to Actions, and on Pleading: With Second and Third by Joseph Chitty, Thomas Chitty, John A. Dunlap, Edward Duncan Ingraham (1837)
"Yet the said defendant, not regarding his said promise and undertaking, but contriving, and fraudulently intending craftily and subtly to deceive and injure ..."

7. A Treatise on Pleading, and Parties to Actions: With Second and Third by Joseph Chitty, Henry Greening, John A. Dunlap, Edward Duncan Ingraham, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1866)
"... money 2>aid, and had and received, accounts stated, and breach.] ' . an(î undertaking, thereby craftily and subtly deceived the said TO CON- ..."

8. A General History of Rome from the Foundation of the City to the Fall of by Charles Merivale (1886)
"Confinement of her son Drusus.—Sejanus appointed consul for rive years.—He begins to lose favor with Tiberius, and is craftily overthrown. ..."

9. The Annals of the English Bible by Christopher Anderson (1845)
"... by whom yc shall perceive doubleness in the oilier, in him, or both ; the which being never во craftily handled, I would not were hidden. ..."

10. The Reports of the Most Learned Sir Edmund Saunders, Knt: Of Several by Edmund Saunders, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, John Williams (1845)
"Yet the said John Sweeting, not regarding his said promise and undertaking, but contriving and fraudulently intending craftily and De Symonds \. Shedden. ..."

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