craftily

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Mr. Skarsgård’s equivocal and unshowy performance—he’s a master of acting without seeming to be acting—creates an ambiguity around Gustav, craftily rendered by the two screenwriters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

Vita Sackville-West was the inspiration for her lover Virginia Woolf’s novel “Orlando,” which craftily shimmied past censorship of the “Sapphist” literature of the day.

From Washington Post • Dec. 1, 2022

Like any craftily layered confection, what at first presents itself as colorfully whipped reveals itself to be a more tangy, lasting bite.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2022

With the ban, the emperor was able to craftily codify efficient agricultural practices and, in so doing, help give shape and purpose to a nation whose unity was still uncertain.

From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2022

He went to King City and studied a flush toilet and then built one of craftily bent tin and carved wood.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck