craftsome

Definitions

Characterised or marked by craftiness; crafty

Examples

“To his own⟳ troops each leader Gave order⟳: dumbly went the rest⟳, unto their chiefs obeisant In silence: nor would any know⟳, whether a throng so mighty Held in its bosom voice at all : and all the ranks well-marshall'd Were clad in craftsome panoply, which on their bodies glitter'd.”

“Everything but a square meal has happened to us—we have⟳ been highly craftsome and most detective-like, we have⟳ been all but arrested on a charge of murder⟳, we have⟳ been bitterly threatened.”

“Mr. Bunn, lazy-looking, but watchful as an intent and craftsome wolf, saw⟳ the sudden setting of the muscles of the two men listening.”

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