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cunning::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | craft, craftiness, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness |
| Type of | perspicaciousness, perspicacity, shrewdness, astuteness |
cunning::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | artfulness |
Examples of cunning
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So perhaps it was a cunning ruse by Downing Street to let the women take charge.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Some are so shockingly simple they might be secured by a single, cunning stitch.
From the brimbankweekly.com.au
Ronald Reagan was a cunning politician, but he didn't know much about economics.
From the curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com
It is fueled by brute force, cunning, delicate instincts, discipline, diplomacy.
From the washingtontimes.com
The Spurs are a cunning, confident bunch that thrives on defense and experience.
From the denverpost.com
So some cunning ideas are required to keep them under control in a small garden.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Bringing Venezuela certainly was smart-in the sense of cunning rather than wise.
From the economist.com
At the outset, he was sandbagged by a politician even more cunning than himself.
From the time.com
To represent Miraz's cunning, the heroic theme from the first film was inverted.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness; "a cute kid with pigtails"; "a cute little apartment"; "cunning kittens"; "a cunning baby"
- Craft: shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
- Crafty artfulness (especially in deception)
- Crafty: marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"
- Clever: showing inventiveness and skill; "a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious solution to the problem"
- (cunningly) in an attractive manner; "how cunningly the olive-green dress with its underskirt of rose-brocade fitted her perfect figure"
- (cunningly) craftily: in an artful manner; "he craftily arranged to be there when the decision was announced"; "had ever circumstances conspired so cunningly?"
- The skill of being cunning, sly, conniving, or deceitful; Aptitude in performance; skill, proficiency; Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour; Skillful, artful; Cute, appealing
- (cunningness) The state or quality of being cunning; A cunning act
