cunningly
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There are plenty of other ways that our culture has disguised unhealthy behaviors, as “Maddie’s Secret” so cunningly stresses.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
Copley has cunningly offered us, however, more than a pause in an artist’s actions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Passing sentence Judge Geoffery Baker QC described Saeed as a "charlatan", who had carried out a deception that had been "cunningly contrived, skilfully executed, and brazenly maintained over three decades".
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2025
This disputatious sociopolitical drama is cunningly packaged as a romantic comedy.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2024
A concealed vent, cunningly let into the real wall, allowed air to enter from outside.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Vocabulary lists containing cunningly
"The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe
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The Jungle Book
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