She had heard of girls who would not speak of their love, arguing to themselves cannily that there may be many a slip between the cup and the lip.
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Cannily
Synonyms for "cannily" (19 found)
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More general
2 entriesadverbmanner adverb
More specific
1 entriesadverb of manner
Collocations
6 entriesInflections
2 entriesmore cannilymost cannily
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2 entriesSample sentences
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