knavishly

English

Etymology

From knavish +‎ -ly.

Adverb

knavishly (comparative more knavishly, superlative most knavishly)

  1. In a knavish manner.
    • 2008 March 6, Nate Chinen, “A Night of ‘Warpaint,’ a New Set of Crowes”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      Then he played hard to get, knavishly sidestepping the microphone.
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