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Craftily

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In a crafty manner; slyly.

    "[H]e [Thomas Arundell] by his euill counſaile and prodigious ſuggeſtions, craftilye circumuented the king, inducyng him to graunt his letters of pardon to a great traytour the Erle of Arondell his brother [Richard Fitzalan, 4th Earl of Arundel]."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in an subtle, cunning manner wordnet

Etymology

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

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