cannily

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Cannily, the complaint names two quite separate categories, which can be seen as mirroring each other.

From Slate • Jan. 15, 2026

Cannily, he didn’t advertise the lots locally, where people might know the lay of the land, but to Easterners and even in Europe.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2022

Cannily mimicking the style and substance of the Childs’ shtick, they have attracted the fallen-away members of the Childs’ church to their own.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2022

Cannily placed bumps on its cuticle channel incident light toward melanin-rich patches primed to absorb it.

From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2019

Cannily, Lyell advised Darwin to have both papers presented simultaneously at the meeting of the Linnean Society that summer so that both Darwin and Wallace could simultaneously be credited for their discoveries.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee