| 单词 | knavish |
| 释义 | knavish (once / 12123 pages) adj WORD FAMILY knavish: knavishly+/knave: knavery, knaves, knavish/knavery: knaveries USAGE EXAMPLESMs. Steinmetz’s partner, John Russell, who plays the knavish John Willoughby, met the Bedlam crowd through her. New York Times(Jul 13, 2016) The phrase "Thy choicest gifts in store" sounds like a supermarket advert, and "knavish tricks" is all too reminiscent of the Bullingdon Club. BBC(Jan 15, 2016) The answer is almost always that you are trying to hide something, which is counterproductive and potentially knavish in a transparent culture. Time(Sep 24, 2014) adj marked by skill in deception Syn crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily artful marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft |
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