Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Like a thief; hence, stealthily; secretly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- obsolete Like a thief; thievish; thievishly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete Like a
thief ;thievish . - adverb obsolete Like a
thief ;thievishly .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
thief + -ly
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Examples
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If I’m not wrong, you can actually see the thief flourish it in the air before vanishing into the crowd in time-honored thiefly fashion.
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