cunningly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English cunning

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English cunningly

From cunning + -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

cunningly (comparative more cunningly, superlative most cunningly)

1. With cunning, cleverly.
   • 1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 53:

     She was cunningly dressed in a black, sheer gown with gold ornaments showing her figure to perfection.

Translations

with cunning, cleverly

• Armenian: խորամանկորեն (hy) (xoramankoren)
• Esperanto: ruze
• Finnish: ovelasti (fi), viekkaasti (fi)
• French: astucieusement (fr), ingénieusement (fr), d'une manière rusée
• Georgian: მარჯვედ (marǯved)
• German: schlau (de)
• Ido: ruzoze (io)
• Italian: volpinamente, abilmente (it), furbescamente (it)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: xapînkî (ku), bincanbazî, biçivîî

• Latin: vafrē
• Polish: chytrze (pl), sprytnie (pl)
• Portuguese: astuciosamente, destramente
• Romanian: cu șiretenie
• Russian: искусно (ru) (iskusno), ловко (ru) (lovko), хитро (ru) (xitro), плутовато (ru) (plutovato)
• Spanish: astutamente, arteramente (es)
• Swedish: förslaget (sv)