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cannily

adverb as in selfishly

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"The Death of Slim Shady" cannily reflects a cultural moment.

From Salon

The chain of action that preceded that night was, the film shows, all about calling friends, calling in favors and cannily casting the song with a broad demographic appeal.

Her heroine is an unnamed mother — tiny, her husband calls her, and cannily universal in her anonymity.

The ninth lot of the auction, cannily branded the “Last Leonardo” by a Christie’s marketing campaign, took 19 minutes to sell.

South Africa's director of rugby Rassie Erasmus suggested earlier in the week that that his staff had cannily managed their players' workloads by switching up selection during the pool stages.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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