devicefully

devicefully

English

Etymology

deviceful +‎ -ly

Adverb

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.