craftily
adverb (more craftily, most craftily)
Everyday
In a clever, sly way, often to trick someone or to get something without being noticed. tree →
In the lessons
in tales, a villain or a clever hero acts craftily to make a plan work, or to fool a rival.
Examples
- "Would you send me to school?" he asked craftily. tree →
- The fox craftily hid his tail. tree →
- She craftily made the guard look away. tree →
Note
nothing for maths
In Jewish tradition
It means slyly. In the Psalm, God lets Egypt turn against Israel and deal with them by trickery.
Interpretation. The tradition reads this as part of the Egyptian slavery story, which Jews recall every Passover.
Examples
- He turned their heart to hate His people, to deal craftily with His servants. (Writings PSA.105.25, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
nothing for maths
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «craftily» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «craftily» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
- Trees and pragmatics of «craftily» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «craftily» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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