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Word Meanings - KNAVISHLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. In a knavish manner; dishonestly; fraudulently. Holland. 2. Mischievously; waggishly; roguishly. "Knavishly witty." Gayton.

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  • KNAVISHNESS
    The quality or state of being knavish; knavery; dishonesty.
  • HOLLANDAISE SAUCE; HOLLANDAISE
    A sauce consisting essentially of a seasoned emulsion of butter and yolk of eggs with a little lemon juice or vinegar.
  • WITTY
    1. Possessed of wit; knowing; wise; skillful; judicious; clever; cunning. "The deep-revolving witty Buckingham." Shak. 2. Especially, possessing wit or humor; good at repartee; droll; facetious; sometimes, sarcastic; as, a witty remark, poem,
  • HOLLAND
    A kind of linen first manufactured in Holland; a linen fabric used for window shades, children's garments, etc.; as, brown or unbleached hollands.
  • MANNERIST
    One addicted to mannerism; a person who, in action, bearing, or treatment, carries characteristic peculiarities to excess. See citation under Mannerism.
  • KNAVISH
    1. Like or characteristic of a knave; given to knavery; trickish; fraudulent; dishonest; villainous; as, a knavish fellow, or a knavish trick. "Knavish politicians." Macaulay. 2. Mischievous; roguish; waggish. Cupid is knavish lad, Thus to make
  • MANNERISM
    Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic mode of action, bearing, or treatment, carried to excess, especially in literature or art. Mannerism is pardonable,and is sometimes even agreeable, when the manner, though vicious, is natural
  • KNAVISHLY
    1. In a knavish manner; dishonestly; fraudulently. Holland. 2. Mischievously; waggishly; roguishly. "Knavishly witty." Gayton.
  • FRAUDULENTLY
    In a fraudulent manner.
  • HOLLANDS
    See HOLLAND (more info) 1. Gin made in Holland. 2. pl.
  • HOLLANDISH
    Relating to Holland; Dutch.
  • HOLLANDER
    1. A native or one of the people of Holland; a Dutchman. 2. A very hard, semi-glazed, green or dark brown brick, which will not absorb water; -- called also, Dutch clinker. Wagner.
  • MANNERLINESS
    The quality or state of being mannerly; civility; complaisance. Sir M. Hale.
  • MANNERED
    1. Having a certain way, esp a. polite way, of carrying and conducting one's self. Give her princely training, that she may be Mannered as she is born. Shak. 2. Affected with mannerism; marked by excess of some characteristic peculiarity. His style
  • DISHONESTLY
    In a dishonest manner.
  • MANNER
    manual, skillful, handy, fr. LL. manarius, for L. manuarius 1. Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion. The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner
  • MANNERCHOR
    A German men's chorus or singing club.
  • MANNERLY
    Showing good manners; civil; respectful; complaisant. What thou thinkest meet, and is most mannerly. Shak.
  • UNMANNERLY
    Not mannerly; ill-bred; rude. -- adv.
  • OVERMANNER
    In an excessive manner; excessively. Wiclif.
  • ILL-MANNERED
    Impolite; rude.
  • WELL-MANNERED
    Polite; well-bred; complaisant; courteous. Dryden.

 

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