conniving
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kəˈnaɪvɪŋ/
Verb
conniving
- present participle of connive
Adjective
conniving (comparative more conniving, superlative most conniving)
- That connives; conspiratorial. [from 1780s]
- 1902, Edith Wharton, The Bread of Angels:
- I waited. Then those two / Strange pilgrims of the sanctuaries of sin / Brought from beneath their large conniving cloaks / Two hidden baskets brimming with rich store / Of broken viands — pasties, jellies, meats, / Crumbs of Belshazzar's table, evil waste / Of that interminable nightly feast […]
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Related terms
- kniving (misconstruction of conniving)
Translations
that connives
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