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KNAVISHLY
Definition of KNAVISHLY
adverb
In a knavish manner.
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Other senses
KNAVISHLY carries 3 further meanings.
adverb
In a knavish manner; dishonestly; fraudulently.
adverb
Mischievously; waggishly; roguishly.
adverb
in an artful manner
“had ever circumstances conspired so cunningly?”
Where it comes from
From knavish + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, KNAVISH · 1 relative in the game
KNAVISHLY in a sentence
“Greatly did the Ladies commend Madame Philomenaes Novell, laughing heartily at poore Calandrino, yet grieving withall, that he should be so knavishly cheated, not onely of his Brawne, but two couple of Capons, and a Flaggon of Wine beside.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
KNAVISHLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 126 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
KNAVISHLY starts with K and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AHIKLNSVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of KNAVISHLY. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Could you have found KNAVISHLY?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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