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craftily

craftily adverb: in a crafty manner; slyly.

Adverb

craftily (comparative more craftily, superlative most craftily)

  1. In a crafty manner; slyly.
    • [H]e [Thomas Arundell] by his euill counſaile and prodigious ſuggeſtions, craftilye circumuented the king, inducyng him to graunt his letters of pardon to a great traytour the Erle of Arondell his brother [Richard Fitzalan, 4th Earl of Arundel].1569, Richard Grafton, “Richarde the Seconde”, in A Chronicle at Large and Meere History of the Affayres of Englande […], volume II, London: […] Henry Denham, […], for Richarde Tottle and Humffrey...
    • 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.2023 September 1, Aubrey Allegretti, “‘She’s totally lost it’: Inside story of the unravelling of Liz Truss’s premiership”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media...

craftily meaning in Bengali

craftily in Bengali

ধূর্ত উপায়ে, চতুরতার সাথে

Forms of craftily

comparativemore craftily
superlativemost craftily

Origin of craftily

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

Questions about craftily

What does craftily mean?
Craftily means in a crafty manner; slyly.
What is craftily in Bengali?
Craftily in Bengali is ধূর্ত উপায়ে, চতুরতার সাথে. See Craftily meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is craftily?
Craftily is an adverb.

Words near craftily in the dictionary

  1. craftfully
  2. craftfulness
  3. craftfuls
  4. craftier
  5. craftiest
  6. craftily
  7. craftiness
  8. craftinesses
  9. crafting
  10. craftings
  11. craftist

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: craftily (page history and authors); craftily (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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