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craftily

/kraf-tee, krahf-/US // ˈkræf ti, ˈkrɑf- //UK // (ˈkrɑːftɪ) //

狡猾地,狡黠地,狡诈地,狡猾的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    craft·i·er, craft·i·est.

    • : skillful in underhand or evil schemes; cunning; deceitful; sly.
    • : Obsolete. skillful; ingenious; dexterous.

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Examples

  • Olivia and her Gladiators craftily shut Rosen down early on in the season, effectively ruining his career.

  • The revelation has been a massive (and craftily orchestrated) PR coup for the city of Leicester.

  • The story is craftily arranged, seducing viewers just as thoroughly as the central character himself.

  • Peroo, well known to the crew, had possessed himself of the wheel, and was taking the launch craftily up-stream.

  • Jess has told me with a beaming face how craftily he behaved.

  • "Still, she doesn't seem much older than you," said Dink craftily.

  • Dink had thought of that; he had thought of something else, too, which he craftily hid in his own memory.

  • She knew how I was exulting in having her there, so would not say a word to damp me, but I craftily drew it out of her.