cunningly adv.
狡猾地, 巧妙地
cunningly[ adv ]- in an attractive manner
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how cunningly the olive-green dress with its underskirt of rose-brocade fitted her perfect figure
- in an artful manner
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he craftily arranged to be there when the decision was announced
had ever circumstances conspired so cunningly?
Cunningly \Cun"ning*ly\ (k?n"n?ng-l?), adv.
In a cunning manner; with cunning.
- I was not so interested in the best offer.' The contract was cunningly constructed by BSkyB. It guarantees every club live games which bring with them Pounds 60,000 'facilities fees.'
- I'm sad to say it, but we are strong.' Unwary people could be fooled by the Rijksmuseum's cunningly chosen poster for its stupendous and extremely costly new exhibition.
- He says the most blatant check-kiters "knowingly and cunningly connived to rip this place off." Apparently, some 50 House Members each bounced checks totaling $100,000 or more between 1987 and 1990.
- The only other character is the fairly westernised Red Indian barman. As an exercise in anti-climax, the build-up to the train robbery is cunningly done.
- The drama is all in tiny gestures of lips or eyes, in words that cunningly, ambivalently conceal or reveal. Of course when women are allowed to do something, they do it with the un-dammed energy of frustrated aeons.
- Projected numbers enter, jump around and pile up so cunningly that the audience applauded.