craftily
adverb
craftily is an adverb meaning “In a crafty manner; slyly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-R-A-F-T-I-L-Y, and it appears about once in every 15 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does craftily mean?
adverb
- 1
In a crafty manner; slyly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce craftily?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-craftily.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of craftily
- more craftily comparative
- most craftily superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is craftily?
Craftily appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 115,751st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Craftily in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in a crafty manner:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | astutamente |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does craftily come from?
From Middle English craftyly, craftily, craftiliche, from Old English cræftiġlīċe (“craftily, skillfully”), equivalent to crafty + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).