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foxiness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | craft, craftiness, cunning, guile, slyness, wiliness |
| Type of | astuteness, perspicaciousness, perspicacity, shrewdness |
| Derivation | foxy |
Examples of foxiness
foxiness
How about a 180-degree turn toward foxiness.
From the sacbee.com
There's no foxiness to the man, no competitive spirit, no drive to make his mark, no basking in the sheer joy of being FDR.
From the sfgate.com
Taylor sports a fancy white waistcoat and a jabot with a jewelled pin, but there is a foxiness about the lips that makes you want to check your wallet.
From the economist.com
Sri Lanka rang the changes but had no extreme pace to call on, and no extreme spin in the absence of Muttiah Muralitharan, and no extreme foxiness in the absence of Chaminda Vaas.
From the telegraph.co.uk
In Dahl's story, Mr. Fox gets in trouble with the farmers whose fowl he's been poaching and must draw on his inherent foxiness to save himself and his friends.
From the time.com
Mezzo Christine Rice, returning splendidly to the role of Ariadne, captures the foxiness of the Cretan princess, ruthless to get what she wants whatever the cost.
From the express.co.uk
Three more quartet rhapsodies of sublime foxiness is the answer, prefaced by Parker's gut-wrenching tenor on Slightly Foxed and concluding with Renard Pale.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
- Craft: shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
- Vitis labrusca (Fox grape) is a species of grape native to the eastern United States. It is the source of many grape cultivars, including Concord grapes. It is characteristic of this vine to have tendrils form on every node of the cane (alternated with clusters). ...
- The characteristic or quality of being foxy
