单词 | craftily |
释义 | † craftilyadj. Obsolete. rare. Skilfully or ingeniously made or done. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective] > having practical, operative, or constructive skill > skilfully made or wrought craftyOE well-wrought?c1225 broidenc1230 quaintc1300 craftily?c1335 craftiousc1400 hagherc1400 well-madec1475 artificial1490 well-framed1532 well-fashioned1542 crafted?1548 well-laboured1550 finished1582 well built1605 well-arted?1611 composeda1616 technical1656 affabrous1755 well-worked1865 technic1877 well-crafted1926 ?c1335 in W. Heuser Kildare-Gedichte (1904) 156 He was a clerk, Þat wrochete þis craftilich werk [emended in ed. to werke]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online September 2021). craftilyadv.α. Old English cræftiglice, Old English cræftilice (rare), Middle English craftili, Middle English craftilich, Middle English craftiliche, Middle English craftilik (northern), Middle English craftilyche, Middle English craftyliche, Middle English creftiluker (comparative), Middle English–1500s craftyly, Middle English– craftily, 1500s crafftily. β. Middle English crafteli, Middle English crafteliche, Middle English–1500s craftely, Middle English–1500s craftelye, 1500s crafftelie, 1500s–1600s craftelie; Scottish pre-1700 craftelie, pre-1700 craftellie, pre-1700 craftelly, pre-1700 craftely, pre-1700 craftelye, pre-1700 craiftelie. 1. Skilfully; in a manner requiring or demonstrating knowledge, expertise, or craftsmanship. Now rare.In later use often with implication of cleverness or artfulness probably influenced by sense 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adverb] craftilyeOE craftlyOE hagherlyc1175 hendc1275 craftfully?c1335 taughtlya1382 craftiouslyc1450 handsomely1528 finely1538 skilfully1565 artfully1608 peritely1657 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > [adverb] craftilyeOE craftlyOE smeighlyc1200 slylyc1275 quaintlyc1300 wittily1362 cunninglyc1385 subtilelyc1405 knowinglyc1450 industriouslyc1487 ingeniously1548 cleanly1583 intelligently1601 dexterously1605 conceitedly1606 cleverly1654 gnostically1823 comprehendingly1866 brainily1905 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adverb] > with skill or art > ingeniously craftilyeOE wiselya1000 guisily13.. quaintc1300 quaintlyc1300 subtly1340 cunningly?a1400 subtilelyc1405 subtilelyc1405 prettilyc1450 industriouslyc1487 ingeniously1548 clerkly1594 ambidextrously1657 eOE Cleopatra Gloss. in W. G. Stryker Lat.-Old Eng. Gloss. in MS Cotton Cleopatra A.III (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) (1951) 192 Fabri [read fabre], cræftiglice. ?1316 Short Metrical Chron. (Royal) (2002) l. 180 Feole þinges þer beþ ynne, Craftilich ymad wiþ gynne. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 150 O salamon þe wis How craftilik [Gött. craftili, Fairf. craftely] he did iustis. 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. liiiv Many ar whiche other can counseyll craftely. 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 Pet. iii. f. viii Wyues..with theyr heare craftyly broyded. 1712 Flying-Post 4 Dec. The Twine, I say, so Craftily, Was ty'd all round about, That so it might at once let fly, And make a deadly Rout. 1883 Punch 8 Sept. 112/1 A craftily-prepared salad. 2015 Indian Express (Nexis) 23 May The menu is craftily curated, resulting in a document that is a pleasure to peruse. 2. Cunningly; in a devious, wily, or shrewd manner. Cf. crafty adj. 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adverb] foxlyc1175 craftilyc1225 craftlyc1225 slylyc1275 fellyc1300 quaintc1300 quaintlyc1325 sleightlyc1330 subtly1340 sly1370 espyinglya1382 wisely1390 wililya1400 wilyc1400 subtilelyc1405 ginnouslya1425 semylyc1440 serpentlya1450 small?c1450 cautelously1477 politicly1477 sleightfullyc1480 artificiously1536 insidiously1545 sleightily1549 artificially1566 cunningly1603 versutely1616 artfully1631 subdolously1638 serpentinely1656 slimlya1680 pawkily1714 politically1764 trickfullyc1790 trickishly1824 leerily1859 dodgily1868 trickily1895 foxily1933 c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Bodl.) (1981) l. 92 Wið neauer an ne kecheð he creftiluker [c1225 Royal creftluker] cang men..þen þet he makeð men..to makie swucche maumez. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. l .3447 (MED) Þees feyners conne, Whan þat hem list craftely compace To schewe outward a feithful, trewe face. 1509–10 Act 1 Henry VIII c. 6 in Statutes of Realm (1817) III. 4 It is manefestely knowen that meny..craftely feyned and forged informacions have ben pursued ayenst dyvers of the Kynges Sugiectes. 1550 R. Crowley Way to Wealth sig. Avv If thou haue not craftely vndermined him. 1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer v. 1387 So craftily a bait was laid. 1710 H. Prideaux Orig. & Right Tithes v. 276 The Conqueror..craftily put them under the same Title. 1884 R. W. Church Bacon ii. 43 They were playing cautiously and craftily. 1991 M. Nicholson Martha Jane & Me (1992) i. 17 ‘Oh come, come now, Mrs Davies, please. What are you suggesting?’ He looked quite craftily at my grandmother. 2016 W. A. Pelz People's Hist. Mod. Europe vi. 69 Like the later dictators, he came to power by craftily combining open and legal political activity with covert illegal activities. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?c1335adv.eOE |
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