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Definition of Cannily
1. Adverb. With foresight. "More presciently than they superiors, these workers grasped the economic situation"
Definition of Cannily
1. adv. In a canny manner.
Definition of Cannily
1. Adverb. In a canny manner. ¹
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Definition of Cannily
1. in a canny manner [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cannily
Literary usage of Cannily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of the Chronicles of Keith, Grange, Ruthven, Cairney, and by Gordon, James Frederick Skinner (1880)
"Brambles were plentiful, and had no Excise-impost; but the Farmer cannily
enjoined :—" Noo, ye, ... cannily ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"cannily, adv. 1. Cautiously, prudently, S. "He has lurked since, and carried
himself far more cannily than any of that side ; yet without any remorse for ..."
3. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"... cannily, -ie [cautiously, prudently]. S. John Anderson t О what a canty warld
... But cannily steal on a bonic moor-hen. S. The ¡leather was blooming t ..."
4. Macmillan's Magazine by John Morley, Mowbray Morris, David Masson, George Grove (1890)
"“Just go cannily home,” he said, “that's always the best place for a girl—just
go cannily home.” At this moment Miss Jean, unable to contain herself longer, ..."
5. Kirsteen: The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago by Oliphant (Margaret) (1890)
"Just go cannily home," he said, " that's always the best place for a girl—just
go cannily home." At this moment Miss Jean, unable to contain herself longer, ..."
6. Old Reminiscences of Glasgow and the West of Scotland: Containing the Trial by Peter Mackenzie (1890)
"And away they drove, cannily enough ; but they soon laid the whip to their horse,
and cantered with their shocking prize to the College, ..."
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