devicefully

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

deviceful +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

devicefully (comparative more devicefully, superlative most devicefully)

  1. In a deviceful manner.
    • a. 1631, John Donne, Elegy VII:
      I had not taught thee then the alphabet
      Of flowers, how they, devicefully being set
      And bound up, might with speechless secrecy
      Deliver errands mutely and mutually.
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