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Word entry · 8 letters

craftily

Best crossword clue

"In a sly way"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPart of speech adverbSorted acfilrtyStarts with CEnds with Y1 clues
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Definitions

  1. in an subtle, cunning manner

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • 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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