craftily

«craftily» in Mova's school dictionary: In a clever, sly way, often to trick someone or to get… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (more craftily, most craftily)

meaning for a pupil

In a clever, sly way, often to trick someone or to get something without being noticed. tree →

sense 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 the corpora

• He turned their heart to hate His people, to deal craftily with His servants.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «craftily» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.