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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

…

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noun

A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined

“a king's accession to a confederacy”

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conniving

Part of SpeechverbPronunciation/kəˈnaɪvɪŋ/

Often followed by with: to secretly cooperate with another person or persons in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire.

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Common Phrases

. connivinglittle connivingwoman connivingbitch conniving
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Synonyms

dissimulatelook the other wayshut one's eyesturn a blind eyewinkshrewd

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Related Words

collusiveschemingcoverthardcalculativecalculatingdeceitful

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