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# craftily

adverb (more craftily, most craftily)

«craftily» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

In a clever, sly way, often to trick someone or to get something without being noticed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/craftily/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales, a villain or a clever hero acts craftily to make a plan work, or to fool a rival.

### Examples

- "Would you send me to school?" he asked craftily. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/craftily/#x1)
- The fox craftily hid his tail. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/craftily/#x2)
- She craftily made the guard look away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/craftily/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

It means slyly. In the Psalm, God lets Egypt turn against Israel and deal with them by trickery.

**Interpretation.** The tradition reads this as part of the Egyptian slavery story, which Jews recall every Passover.

### Examples

- He turned their heart to hate His people, to deal craftily with His servants. (Writings PSA.105.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/craftily/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «craftily» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/craftily/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«craftily» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/craftily.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «craftily» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/craftily/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«craftily» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/craftily.html) on Mova free.