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

I have always wanted to lay thievish hands on that, and would even like to come by it honestly.

From The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling by Bierce, Ambrose

Nim′ble-fing′ered, skilful with the fingers, thievish; Nim′ble-foot′ed, swift of foot.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various