Meanings
adverbcannily (comparative more cannily, superlative most cannily)
comparative more cannily · superlative most cannily
- In a canny manner.
She had heard of girls who would not speak of their love, arguing to themselves cannily that there may be many a slip between the cup and the lip.
1862 September – 1864 April, Anthony Trollope, “Mrs. Dale’s Little Party”, in The Small House at Allington. […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], published April 1864, →OCLC, page 87
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbwith foresight
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