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Cunning

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Cunning
Cunning Cun"ning (k[u^]n"n[i^]ng), a. [AS. cunnan to know, to be able. See 1st {Con}, {Can}.] 1. Knowing; skillful; dexterous. ``A cunning workman.'' -- Ex. xxxviii. 23. [1913 Webster]

``Tis beauty truly blent, whose red and white Nature's own sweet and cunning hand laid on. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Esau was a cunning hunter. --Gen xxv. 27. [1913 Webster]

2. Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious; curious; as, cunning work. [1913 Webster]

Over them Arachne high did lift

Her cunning web. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

3. Crafty; sly; artful; designing; deceitful. [1913 Webster]

They are resolved to be cunning; let others run the hazard of being sincere. --South. [1913 Webster]

4. Pretty or pleasing; as, a cunning little boy. [Colloq. U.S.] --Barlett.

Syn: {Cunning}, {Artful}, {Sly}, {Wily}, {Crafty}.

Usage: These epithets agree in expressing an aptitude for attaining some end by peculiar and secret means. Cunning is usually low; as, a cunning trick. Artful is more ingenious and inventive; as, an artful device. Sly implies a turn for what is double or concealed; as, sly humor; a sly evasion. Crafty denotes a talent for dexterously deceiving; as, a crafty manager. Wily describes a talent for the use of stratagems; as, a wily politician. ``Acunning man often shows his dexterity in simply concealing. An artful man goes further, and exerts his ingenuity in misleading. A crafty man mingles cunning with art, and so shapes his actions as to lull suspicions. The young may be cunning, but the experienced only can be crafty. Slyness is a vulgar kind of cunning; the sly man goes cautiously and silently to work. Wiliness is a species of cunning or craft applicable only to cases of attack and defense.'' --Crabb. [1913 Webster]


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