Meaning of craftsome | Babel Free

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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