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deep-laid

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

secret and carefully planned.

usually

Equivalents

Polskimisterny

Examples

“Captain Cuttle, in the exercise of that surprising talent for deep-laid and unfathomable scheming, with which (as is not unusual in men of transparent simplicity) he sincerely believed himself to be endowed by nature, […]”
“'Then why did you make⟳ every preparation—turn⟳ the Republics into armed camps—prepare⟳ deep-laid plans for the invasion of our Colonies?'”
“What worried him was the wire-cutting; he could not but believe⟳ that it was an important part of the deep-laid labour conspiracy.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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