KNAVISH: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Pronunciation: | | 'neyvish
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| Matching Terms: | | knavishly, KNavishness
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| | Definition: | | [adj] marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney" |
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| | Synonyms: | | artful, crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Knav"ish\, a.
1. Like or characteristic of a knave; given to knavery;
trickish; fraudulent; dishonest; villainous; as, a knavish
fellow, or a knavish trick. ``Knavish politicians.''
--Macaulay.
2. Mischievous; roguish; waggish.
Cupid is knavish lad, Thus to make poor females mad.
--Shak.
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| | Related Terms: | | abominable, arch, arrant, atrocious, bad, base, black, blackguardly, blamable, blameworthy, criminal, damnable, dark, deceitful, degraded, devilish, disgraceful, elfish, elvish, evil, execrable, flagitious, flagrant, foolish, foul, full of mischief, heinous, high-spirited, impish, improper, infamous, iniquitous, low, lying, mendacious, mischief-loving, mischievous, monstrous, naughty, nefarious, notorious, peccant, playful, prankish, pranksome, pranky, puckish, rank, rascally, recreant, reprehensible, reprobate, roguish, scampish, scandalous, scapegrace, scoundrelly, shameful, shifty, sinful, sportive, trickish, tricksy, unforgivable, unpardonable, unspeakable, untruthful, unworthy, vicious, vile, villainous, waggish, wicked, wrong |
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