craftly

adjective

1. Skillful, expert; indicative of skill.

   rare

   Theſe ymages were made full curyouſly / With theyꝛ hoꝛſes of the ſtele ſo fyne / And eche of them in theyꝛ places ſundꝛy / About were ſette that clerely dyde ſhyne / Lyke Dyane clere in her ſpere celeſtyne / And vnder eche hoꝛſe there was full pꝛyuely / A grete whele made by craftly geometry

2. Crafty, cunning.

   obsolete, rare

   Mo than a thouſande ways he hath / by his craftly fraudes to deceyue man.

Where it comes from

From Middle English crafftly, craftely, from Old English cræftlīc; equivalent to craft + -ly.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry craftly (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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