HyperDic: knavish

English > 1 sense of the word knavish:
ADJECTIVEallknavish, crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wilymarked by skill in deception
English > knavish: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaningmarked by skill in deception.
Synonymscrafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily
Broaderartfulmarked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft
Spanishartero, astuto, bellaco, ladino, pícaro, sagaz, socarrón, taimado
Catalanastut, bergant, murri, sagaç, sorneguer
Adverbsknavishlyin an artful manner

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