Hypertext Webster Gateway: "knavish"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Knavish \Knav"ish\, a.
1. Like or characteristic of a knave; given to knavery;
trickish; fraudulent; dishonest; villainous; as, a knavish
fellow, or a knavish trick. ``Knavish politicians.''
--Macaulay.
2. Mischievous; roguish; waggish.
Cupid is knavish lad, Thus to make poor females mad.
--Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
knavish
adj : marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for
wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme";
"a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky
Dick"; "a wily old attorney" [syn: {crafty}, {cunning},
{dodgy}, {foxy}, {guileful}, {slick}, {sly}, {tricksy},
{tricky}, {wily}]
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