Thesaurus / knavish
FEEDBACKHow to use knavish in a sentence
To his bourgeois mind, for all his imitation of the Chicago martyr, my words must have sounded knavish.
PRISON MEMOIRS OF AN ANARCHISTALEXANDER BERKMANSide by side with Arlecchino goes his more astute and knavish brother Brighella.
THE MEMOIRS OF COUNT CARLO GOZZI; VOLUME THE FIRSTCOUNT CARLO GOZZIEvermore is parade and obsequiousness suspectable: it must show either a foolish head, or a knavish heart.
CLARISSA, VOLUME 6 (OF 9)SAMUEL RICHARDSONGangs could afford to corrupt witnesses or to pay knavish lawyers skilled in applying these vagaries of legislation.
THE ENGLISH UTILITARIANS, VOLUME I.LESLIE STEPHENThinking it well beneath me to measure words with this knavish pettifogger, I looked beyond him and spoke to his master.
THE MASTER OF APPLEBYFRANCIS LYNDEA single fanatical or knavish priest, listened to by a credulous and powerful prince, suffices to put a state in disorder.
GOOD SENSEPAUL HENRI THIRY, BARON D'HOLBACH"I fail to see why he need take any roundabout lane to get at such a knavish result," Harvey suggested.
THE MINUTE BOYS OF BOSTONJAMES OTISAnd even if it were possible to win her, honor and duty, which I have always held sacred, would keep me from such a knavish trick.
THE CRYPTOGRAMWILLIAM MURRAY GRAYDONRome under the dying glories of the empire scarcely parallels its knavish gluttonies of illegal seizure.
THE ARENAVARIOUSIf man's soul is not subject to material conditions, why do I find knavish souls?
A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE DEVILCHARLES BRADLAUGHWORDS RELATED TO KNAVISH
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