Word: knavish
Category: knavish
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knavish definition
Synonyms: knavish
waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels
Translations: knavish
german
schurkisch
french
infâme, malin
russian
жульнический, плутовской, мошеннический
czech
ničemný
polish
służalczy, łajdacki, nikczemny
ukrainian
шахраї
lithuanian
gudrus
latvian
viltīgs, manīgs, izveicīgs
romanian
viclean
slovak
darebáčky
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The meaning and "use of": knavish
adjective
- dishonest or unscrupulous.