shufflinglyadv.
With a shuffling gait; in a shuffling or evasive manner.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adverb] > shufflingly
shufflingly1657
the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adverb] > with evasion
shufflingly1657
evasively1736
shiftily1878
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [adverb]
here and therec1300
shiftingly1580
palterly1598
shufflingly1657
evasively1736
wrigglingly1866
1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't 110 How shufflingly the Doctor behaves himself.
1681 J. Dryden Spanish Fryar i. i. 11 Perhaps I may go shufflingly at first; for I was never before walk'd in Trammels.
1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. xvi. 147 The honest man had shufflingly declined.
1879 G. Meredith Egoist II. xv. 316 Vernon..apologized to him shufflingly.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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