† clancularyadj.
Obsolete.
= clancular adj.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [adjective]
privyc1230
thiefly1395
stalkinga1400
slyc1440
insidious1545
clanculary1563
hedge-creeping1579
thievish1587
sneaking1590
tiptoe1593
peaking1595
underworking1605
stealthya1616
subtlea1616
surreptitious?1615
clancular1621
stealthful?1624
insidiary1625
worming1631
subterranean1643
clancularious1656
hugger-mugger1692
slink1792
slinking1841
instealing1844
thief-like1847
furtive1859
1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1287/1 Clancularly Massemongers.
1631 I. Craven Gods Tribunall 31 The darknesse of thy clanculary delights.
1657 T. Reeve God's Plea for Nineveh 91 Repentance hath none of these clanculary courses.
Derivatives
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1618 J. Hales Let. 2 Dec. 16 in Golden Remains (1659) They would not do any thing clancularily.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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