Antonyms for cunningly

Grammar : Adv

Spell : kuhn-ing

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkʌn ɪŋ

Definition of cunningly

Origin : early 14c., "learned, skillful," present participle of cunnen "to know" (see can (v.1)). Sense of "skillfully deceitful" is probably late 14c. As a noun from c.1300. Related: Cunningly.

As in cleverly : adv in a dexterous manner
As in shrewdly : adv astutely
As in slyly : adv cleverly

Example sentences :

But so cunningly contrived a mizmaze was never seen in the world, before nor since.
Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

I must tell you, to keep your writings concealed so cunningly.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

She was drawing at a table, cunningly placed at right angles to the window.
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

A dream of a dress that would be, with all the shades of Madame Abel cunningly blended.
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

So have we cunningly hid the tragedy of limitation and inner death we cannot avert.
Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Cunningly did he ply his sword before them, but ineffectually.
Extract from : « The Tavern Knight » by Rafael Sabatini

No cunningly painted canvas is so retentive as the active brain.
Extract from : « Aztec Land » by Maturin M. Ballou

D'ye mark that beast they've slid into the midst So cunningly?
Extract from : « Browning's England » by Helen Archibald Clarke

"She did not play her cards here so cunningly, that's plain," said Ladarelle, with a sneer.
Extract from : « Luttrell Of Arran » by Charles James Lever

So cunningly was the trap contrived that he could find no trace of its existence.
Extract from : « The Yellow Claw » by Sax Rohmer

Synonyms for cunningly

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