devicefully

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adverb

In a deviceful manner.

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Meanings

adverbdevicefully (comparative more devicefully, superlative most devicefully)

comparative more devicefully · superlative most devicefully

  1. In a deviceful manner.

    I had not taught thee then the alphabet Of flowers, how they, devicefully being set And bound up, might with speechless secrecy Deliver errands mutely and mutually.

    a. 1631, John Donne, Elegy VII

Origin

From deviceful + -ly.

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APA

devicefully. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/devicefully

MLA

“devicefully.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/devicefully. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “devicefully,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/devicefully.

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