Word Meanings - THIEFLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Like a thief; thievish; thievishly. Chaucer.

Related words: (words related to THIEFLY)

• THIEF
  thiaf, OS. theof, thiof, D. dief, G. dieb, OHG. diob, Icel. , Sw. tjuf, Dan. tyv, Goth. , , and perhaps to Lith. tupeti to squat or 1. One who steals; one who commits theft or larceny. See Theft. There came a privy thief, men clepeth
• THIEVISH
  1. Given to stealing; addicted to theft; as, a thievish boy, a thievish magpie. 2. Like a thief; acting by stealth; sly; secret. Time's thievish progress to eternity. Shak. 3. Partaking of the nature of theft; accomplished by stealing; dishonest;
• THIEFLY
  Like a thief; thievish; thievishly. Chaucer.
• SEA THIEF
  A pirate. Drayton.
• WATER THIEF
  A pirate. Shak.