Knavery
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈneɪvəɹi/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Knavery is a noun meaning The antics or tricks of a knave; boyish mischief.
Meaning
The antics or tricks of a knave; boyish mischief.
More Meanings
- An unprincipled action; deceit.
Example Sentences
Caſsio’s a proper man, let me ſee now, / To get his place and to make vp my will, / A double knauery—how, how,—let me see, […]
O, Hang 'em—no—wine does but draw forth a man's natural qualities; and to make them drink would only be to whet their Knavery.
[…] Harry Monmouth, being in his right wittes and his good iudgements, turn'd away the fat Knight with the great belly doublet: he was full of ieſts, and gypes, and knaueries, and mockes; I haue forgot his name.
How much is conveyed in those two short words—"The Parish!" And with how many tales of distress and misery, of broken fortune, and ruined hopes, too often of unrelieved wretchedness and successful knavery, are they associated!
Word Forms
- knaveries
Synonyms for knavery
Depending on context, synonyms include rakehood, carrying-on, profligacy, vice, dishonesty.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dishonesty, knaveship, knavess, knave, jackassery, trickster.
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