Crossword-Solution: KNAVISH
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Knavish | a. | Like or characteristic of a knave; given to knavery; trickish; fraudulent; dishonest; villainous; as, a knavish fellow, or a knavish trick. |
| Knavish | a. | Mischievous; roguish; waggish. |
We have 17 clues for the answer “KNAVISH”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Tricky or dishonest. | 1 answer |
| Like a rogue or a rascal | 1 answer |
| Like a rogue | 2 answers |
| Rascally. | 5 answers |
| BE DISHONEST WITH | 10 answers |
| DISHONEST ONE | 10 answers |
| Dishonest sort | 12 answers |
| BE dishonest | 15 answers |
| mendacious | 27 answers |
| Unprincipled | 30 answers |
| Dastardly | 32 answers |
| Unscrupulous | 42 answers |
| untruthful | 50 answers |
| ACT of being caught | 58 answers |
| untrustworthy | 68 answers |
| dishonest | 71 answers |
| deceitful | 85 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with KNAVISH (5)
Troy hastily shifted his position, after having recognized in the scrutineer the knavish bailiff Pennyways, his wife’s sworn enemy, who still hung about the outskirts of Weatherbury.
And one trod softly with sandal'd feet-- Ah! why are the stolen waters sweet?-- And one crept stealthily after; I would I had taken him there and wrung His knavish neck when the dark door swung, Or torn by the roots his treacherous tongue, And stifled his hateful laughter.
And he took the hollow lyre and laid it in his sacred cradle, and sprang from the sweet-smelling hall to a watch-place, pondering sheer trickery in his heart—deeds such as knavish folk pursue in the dark night-time; for he longed to taste flesh.
Making sure that the drawbridge was raised, and that he could not hope for stealthy entrance there, he crept silently to the rear of the great building and there, among the bushes, his men searched for the ladder that Norman of Torn had seen the knavish servant of My Lady Claudia unearth, that the outlaw might visit the Earl of Buckingham, unannounced.
Here was the culmination of the knavish trickery of these conscienceless pirates who had attacked the port.
Quotes with KNAVISH (3)
A knavish speech sleeps in a fool's ear.
Yet but three come one more. Two of both kinds make up four. Ere she comes curst and sad. Cupid is a knavish lad. Thus to make poor females mad.
You deny our vows. You deny my rights. You abuse my pride and leave me nothing of yourself. You send me from you on some lackey's strength. You betray me at every turn." Shanna met his glare and hurled a fierce reply. "You took my heart and set your fingers firm around it, then, no doubt delighted at your success, you rent it with unfaithfulness.""Unfaithfulness is only from a husband. You play the same to me and yet do say I am no spouse.""You plead you are my husband true a…
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Newsday, NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1959–2016).