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knavishly

  • a word derived from knave.
    knave
    noun
    an unprincipled, untrustworthy, or dishonest person.
  • a word derived from knavish.
    knavish
    adjective
    like or befitting a knave; untrustworthy; dishonest.

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They were all, said she, insincere; and for the most part knavishly inclin'd.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume III Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by Karl Ludwig von P?llnitz

Said he, "Let knaves Deal knavishly till freedom they can win; And so let sinners purge themselves of sin."

From Helen Redeemed and Other Poems by Maurice Henry Hewlett

Round this the mob hedged: the Dalesmen in front, striving knavishly back and bawling to those behind to leggo that shovin'; and these latter urging valorously forward, yelling jeers and contumely at the front rank.

From Bob, Son of Battle by Alfred Ollivant

The former writes knavishly foolish, and the other silly bombast.

From Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends by John Keats

If the people or the states should stop to inquire into their cost, they would be acting knavishly.

From Monopolies and the People by D. C. Cloud

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