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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

fraudulent or unprincipled;

e.g. He is knavish and dishonest, not to be trusted.

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Arch

Archer

Assuming

Dabbling

Devilish

Elvish

Impish

Insidious

Mischievous

Monkeyish

Pixie

Prankish

Puckish

Rascally

Sly

Slyly

Subtile

Trickish

Tricksy

Ungenteel

Untrustworthy

Waggish

Wicked

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Opposite Words

Aristocratic

Artless

Ethic

Ethical

Gentle

Genuine

Grand

Grave

Great

Grim

Guileless

Highborn

Highbred

Honest

Honorable

Impressionable

Just

Natural

Noble

Patrician

Persuadable

Principled

Real

Righteous

Sedate

Silk

Silk-stocking

Sincere

Sober

Solemn

Stand-up

Stern

True

Unaffected

Unimpeachable

Unpretentious

Upper

Upper crust

Upper-class

Upright

Upstanding

Wellborn

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Related Words

Antic

Artful

Beguiling

Cagey

Coltish

Contrary

Coy

Crafty

Cunning

Cute

Cutthroat

Deceitful

Deceptive

Delusive

Designing

Devious

Dodgy

Energetic

Errant

Fallacious

False

Fay

Foxy

Frisky

Frolicsome

Froward

Furtive

Gay

Immoral

Kittenish

Larky

Lighthearted

Lively

Machiavellian

Mischievous

Playful

Rollicking

Scheming

Shady

Shifty

Shrewd

Slick

Slippery

Sly

Slyly

Sneaking

Sneaky

Specious

Spirited

Sportful

Sportive

Sprightly

Stealthy

Subtle

Trickish

Tricky

Unconscionable

Unethical

Unprincipled

Unscrupulous

Whimsical

Wily

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