† Machiavellineadj.
Obsolete. rare.
= Machiavellian adj.
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the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adjective] > in contrivance or machination
politic1543
practical1563
fetching1570
driftyc1571
Machiavellian1572
stratagematical1583
stratagemical1585
stratagematic1589
drifting1596
enterprising1602
Machiavelline1602
practitional1602
engineering1631
polititious1638
Machiavellic1645
designing1661
intriguing1790
manoeuvring1801
systematizing1827
scheming1838
1602 S. Patrick tr. I. Gentillet Disc. Wel Governing xxviii. 312 They have so well profited in their Machiaveline philosophie, that [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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adj.1602- by leaps
- by leaps and bounds
- by lease, on in lease
- by lease, on lease
- by lee-lone
- by leelone
- by legacy
- by leisure
- by licence
- by like
- by likelihead
- by likelihood
- by likeliness
- by likely
- by likeness
- by line
- by line and level
- by lite and lite
- by lithe and lithe
- by litlum
- by little
- by little and by little
- by little and little
- by loft
- by long and by last