swindlingly

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English

Etymology

From swindling +‎ -ly.

Adverb

swindlingly (comparative more swindlingly, superlative most swindlingly)

  1. In a swindling manner; with swindling as a set objective.
    • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 171:
      Shareholders would not meet the calls, and the break-up of many of the more swindlingly formed enterprises naturally ensued.