What does thiefy mean?
Thiefy means (informal) Like a thief; thievish; thieving.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(informal) Like a thief; thievish; thieving.
This makes for some pretty funny business, and so does a scene showing the fence stepping forth from a church, where he has presumably been casting a thiefy eye at the sacred vessels, and talking briskly to a henchman about the paint job he wants done on one of his hot commodities.
A sullen, thiefy edginess crept over Ardreagh.
He picked up the last of the pieces and studied it. It depicted a shadowy figure, crouched and masked. Very thiefy, he noted with a smile. “What about this one? How does it move, and what does it do?”
Use thiefy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Thiefy means (informal) Like a thief; thievish; thieving.
Common synonyms include thieflike, thiefly.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
This makes for some pretty funny business, and so does a scene showing the fence stepping forth from a church, where he has presumably been casting a thiefy eye at the sacred vessels, and talking briskly to a henchman about the paint job he wants done on one of his hot commodities.
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