conniving

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
21
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/kəˈnaɪvɪŋ/

Definition of conniving

2 senses · 2 parts of speech

adj

  1. That connives; conspiratorial.
    “I waited. Then those two / Strange pilgrims of the sanctuaries of sin / Brought from beneath their large conniving cloaks / Two hidden baskets brimming with rich store / Of broken viands — pasties, jellies, meats, / Crumbs of Belshazzar's table, evil waste / Of that interminable nightly feast […]”
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adj

  1. That connives; conspiratorial.
    “I waited. Then those two / Strange pilgrims of the sanctuaries of sin / Brought from beneath their large conniving cloaks / Two hidden baskets brimming with rich store / Of broken viands — pasties, jellies, meats, / Crumbs of Belshazzar's table, evil waste / Of that interminable nightly feast […]”

verb

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of connive

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