knavishly
In deceitful manner
Knavishly means in the manner of a knave—dishonestly, deceitfully, or with roguish cunning.
The word is old-fashioned and literary, more likely to appear in Shakespeare than modern speech: He knavishly pocketed the coins while no one was looking.
In a scheming manner
- slylyIn a crafty manner
- shrewdlyWith keen discernment
- wililyWith shrewd deception
- artfullyWith clever skill
guilefully · calculatingly · cunningly · scheming · conniving · astutely · foxy · slickly
In mischievous fashion
- roguishlyIn mischievous manner
- playfullyIn a fun-loving way
- puckishlyWith playful mischief
- waggishlyIn a jesting manner
trickster · prankster · rascally · scampish · elfin · frolicsome · jestingly · rapscallion
In an untruthful manner
- fraudulentlyThrough intentional dishonesty
- duplicitouslyWith deliberate dishonesty
- treacherouslyIn a betraying manner
- falselyContrary to fact
unscrupulously · underhanded · corruptly · perfidiously · deceptively · crookedly · dishonorably · shadily
craftily
In a scheming manner
artfully · guilefully · calculatingly · cunningly · scheming · conniving · astutely · foxy · slickly · trickily
impishly
In mischievous fashion
waggishly · trickster · prankster · rascally · scampish · elfin · frolicsome · jestingly · rapscallion · scalawag
dishonestly
In an untruthful manner
- fraudulentlyThrough intentional dishonesty
- duplicitouslyWith deliberate dishonesty
- treacherouslyIn a betraying manner
falsely · unscrupulously · underhanded · corruptly · perfidiously · deceptively · crookedly · dishonorably · shadily · unethically
knavishlyhonorably
With ethical conduct
honestly · nobly · virtuously · uprightly · righteously
knavishlytrustworthily
In reliable fashion
reliably · faithfully · dependably · forthrightly · candidly