thievish

«thievish» in Mova's school dictionary: fond of stealing, or like a thief in the way one acts — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (more thievish, most thievish)

meaning for a pupil

Thievish means fond of stealing, or like a thief in the way one acts. tree →

sense in the lessons

describes a crowd, a character or a way of living that steals or cheats; in tales a sly, stealing gang or king who has given up bad, thievish ways

examples

• "The thievish rabble!" said the Thistle. tree →
• Pinkel gave up his bad and thievish ways. tree →
• A thievish fox crept into the hen house at night. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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