单词 | theftuously |
释义 | theftuously, adv. Chiefly Sc.|ˈθɛftjuːəslɪ| [f. prec. + -ly2.] In a theftuous manner; by or as by theft; stealthily, secretly.
c1400Sc. Trojan War ii. 1637 Vlixes stall thiftuisly Away, as grauntand him gilty. 1567–8Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 609 The leid upoun the Cathedrall Kirkis..is thiftuouslie stowin and takin away. 1653Urquhart Rabelais ii. xiv, One little villainous Turkie..rogue came thiefteously to snatch away some of my lardons. 1880Muirhead Ulpian vii. §2 If a husband have theftuously abstracted anything of his wife's in prospect of divorce. 1882Chamb. Jrnl. XIX. 73 On a late occasion, the tomb of a noble family was theftuously rifled of its contents. |

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