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Meaning of thiefly | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1
/ˈθiːfli/

Definitions

Like a thief; thievish.

archaic

Examples

“Most patiently, with noiseless tread, I then did Make thro' those sumptuous halls my thiefly way, Until at last I reached the chamber splendid Where Hobart Chatfield Chatfield slumb'ring lay.”
“In bantering gusto he went right on with his thiefly enterprise.”
“Rogues are characters with some expertise in thiefly abilities and more specialized knowledge of arms than that possessed by Fighters.”
“It would be a sad thing to enter this dark time and then to have an eternal reality stolen and lessened in a thiefly sort of way at the door of death through a life that was lived in a less than honorable fashion.”
“...here he was, bent on one last thiefly act.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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