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English
Etymology
From deviceful + -ly.
Adverb
devicefully (comparative more devicefully, superlative most devicefully)
- 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.