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conniving |
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conniving adjective scheming, designing, plotting, calculating, conspiring, contriving She was seen as a conniving, greedy woman. Translations conniving [ˈkəˈnaɪvɪŋ] adj he's a conniving bastard → è un trafficone conniving [ˈkəˈnaɪvɪŋ] adj he's a conniving bastard → è un trafficone How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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This was exactly what Sir Thomas and Edmund had been separately conniving at, as each proved to the other by the sympathetic alacrity with which they both advised Mrs. If I were quiet at the moment, I was conniving at their disorderly conduct; if (as was frequently the case) I happened to be exalting my voice to enforce order, I was using undue violence, and setting the girls a bad example by such ungentleness of tone and language. In the gayest and happiest spirits she set forward with her father; not always listening, but always agreeing to what he said; and, whether in speech or silence, conniving at the comfortable persuasion of his being obliged to go to Randalls every day, or poor Mrs. |
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