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From Middle English craftyly, craftily, craftiliche, from Old English cræftiġlīċe (craftily, skillfully), equivalent to crafty +‎ -ly.

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craftily (comparative more craftily, superlative most craftily)

  1. In a crafty manner; slyly.
    • 2023 September 1, Aubrey Allegretti, “‘She’s totally lost it’: inside story of the unravelling of Liz Truss’s premiership”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
      But the most bizarre twist of events was yet to come. That afternoon, Labour tabled a craftily worded motion. It would have guaranteed parliamentary time for a bill to ban fracking.

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