The Only Use of
conniving
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
- Before Jem looks at anyone else he looks at me, and I've tried to live so I can look squarely back at him… if I connived at something like this, frankly I couldn't meet his eye, and the day I can't do that I'll know I've lost him.
p. 314.6connived = planned (an underhanded activity)
Definitions:
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(1)
(conniving) planning an illegal or underhanded activity
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, connive can mean to remain silent despite knowledge of an illegal or underhanded activity.