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Cunning

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Noun

1. craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness

shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

2. cunning

crafty artfulness (especially in deception)

Adjective

3. cunning, cute

attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness

Example Sentences:
'a cute kid with pigtails'
'a cute little apartment'
'cunning kittens'
'a cunning baby'

4. crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily

marked by skill in deception

Example Sentences:
'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'

5. clever, cunning, ingenious

showing inventiveness and skill

Example Sentences:
'a clever gadget'
'the cunning maneuvers leading to his success'
'an ingenious solution to the problem'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Cunning

see synonyms of cunning
adjective
1. 
crafty and shrewd, esp in deception; sly
cunning as a fox
2. 
made with or showing skill or cleverness; ingenious
noun
3. 
craftiness, esp in deceiving; slyness
4. 
cleverness, skill, or ingenuity

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Cunning

see synonyms of cunning
adjective
1.  Rare
skillful or clever
2. 
skillful in deception; sly; crafty
3. 
made or done with skill or ingenuity
4.  US
attractive or pretty in a delicate way; cute
noun
5.  Rare
clever proficiency; skill
6. 
skill in deception; slyness; craftiness

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Cunning

see synonyms of cunning
adj.
1. Marked by or given to artful subtlety and deceptiveness.
2. Executed with or exhibiting ingenuity.
3. Delicately pleasing; pretty or cute: a cunning pet.
n.
1. Skill in deception; guile.
2. Skill or adeptness in execution or performance; dexterity.

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