cunning
21cunning — I UK [ˈkʌnɪŋ] / US adjective a) someone who is cunning uses their intelligence to get what they want, especially by tricking or cheating people a cunning and resourceful criminal b) used about people s behaviour, actions, or ideas a cunning… …
22cunning — I adj. cunning to + inf. (it was cunning of them to do that) II n. to show cunning …
23cunning — 1. adjective a) Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour. b) Skillful, artful. 2. noun a) The skill of being cunning, sly, conniving, or deceitful …
24cunning — 1. adjective a cunning scheme Syn: crafty, wily, artful, guileful, devious, sly, scheming, designing, calculating, Machiavellian; shrewd, astute, clever, canny; deceitful, deceptive, duplicitous, foxy; archaic subtle …
25cunning — cun•ning [[t]ˈkʌn ɪŋ[/t]] n. 1) skill employed in a shrewd or sly manner, as in deceiving; craftiness; guile 2) adeptness in performance; dexterity: The weaver s hand lost its cunning[/ex] 3) showing or made with ingenuity 4) artfully subtle or… …
26cunning — /ˈkʌnɪŋ / (say kuning) noun 1. ability; skill; expertness. 2. skill employed in a crafty manner; skilfulness in deceiving; craftiness; guile. –adjective 3. exhibiting or wrought with ingenuity. 4. artfully subtle or shrewd; crafty; sly. 5.… …
27cunning — [13] Cunning did not always have its present day negative connotations. At first it was a term of approval, meaning ‘learned’. It is connected in some way to the verb can, which originally meant ‘know’, although it is not altogether clear whether …
28cunning — [ˈkʌnɪŋ] adj I good at tricking or cheating people cunningly adv II noun [U] cunning [ˈkʌnɪŋ] the use of clever methods for tricking or cheating people …
29cunning — [13] Cunning did not always have its present day negative connotations. At first it was a term of approval, meaning ‘learned’. It is connected in some way to the verb can, which originally meant ‘know’, although it is not altogether clear whether …
30cunning — adj. & n. adj. (cunninger, cunningest) 1 a skilled in ingenuity or deceit. b selfishly clever or crafty. 2 ingenious (a cunning device). 3 US attractive, quaint. n. 1 craftiness; skill in deceit. 2 skill, ingenuity. Derivatives: cunningly adv.… …
