conniving
pronunciation
How to pronounce conniving in British English:
UK [kəˈnaɪvɪŋ]
How to pronounce conniving in American English:
US [ kəˈnaɪvɪŋ]
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- Adjective:
- acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end
- used of persons
Word Origin
- conniving (adj.)
- 1783, present participle adjective from connive. Earlier in this sense was connivent.
Example
- 1. I really hate how conniving she can be .
- 2. This kind of talk reduces men to insecure throwbacks with machismo and ego issues and women to conniving venal fools .
- 3. Meanwhile joseph kabila , congo 's president , is holding talks with mr kagame in neighbouring uganda , where government has also been accused of conniving with the rebels of m23 .
- 4. Vigilant eurosceptics are usually keen to see conniving genius in european federalists .
- 5. She knew that if she said nothing she would be conniving in an injustice .