thievish
Example Sentences
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As his friends and rivals well knew, he was a thievish genius.
From The Guardian ● May 7, 2010
In the dark, his thievish eyes glow with unshed 419 tears.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 28, 2009
On the other hand there are also some of the most false, lying, thievish rascals, the like of which I could not have believed lived on earth.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Among those who value him most, he is proverbially indolent, thievish, and neglectful of his master’s interests.
From The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It by Hinton Rowan Helper
Yet, early though it was, though the stars had not yet all fled from the west, sea-fowl were gracefully circling round—the gull, the tern, and the thievish skua.
From In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism by Gordon Stables