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† ˈcraftious, -ose, a. Obs. rare.
[app. f. crafty + (Romanic suffix) -ous: it may, however, be of like formation to righteous:—OE. rihtwís.]
1. Skilful, artistic.
c1449Pecock Repr. ii. ix. 198 Her beldingis and her othere Craftiose doingis.
2. Engaged in a handicraft.
c1449Pecock Repr. iv. v. 450 Craftiose men and Marchaundis.
Hence † ˈcraftiously adv., skilfully.
14..Prose Legends in Anglia VIII. 147/22 Precyous cloþes or craftyously coloured. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. (1858) I. 93 In Athenis..all science was kennit craftiuslie. |