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thievish

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thiev·ish  (thvsh)
adj.
1. Given to thieving.
2. Of, similar to, or characteristic of a thief; furtive.
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Adj.1.thievish - given to thievery
thieving
dishonest, dishonorable - deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive


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Or again, why blame a lying, thievish Isosceles when you ought rather to deplore the incurable inequality of his sides?
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In fact, I had actually begun to move towards the door when Monsieur Markov entered--a grey-headed man with thievish eyes, and clad in a dirty dressing-gown fastened with a belt.
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And intertwining with one another, they quickly grew and covered all the wild-roving cattle by the will of thievish Hermes, so that Apollo was astonished as he gazed.
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