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Meaning of 'cunning' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Cunning [ a.]
- Knowing; skillful; dexterous.
- Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious; curious; as, cunning work.
- Crafty; sly; artful; designing; deceitful.
- Pretty or pleasing; as, a cunning little boy.
- Knowledge; art; skill; dexterity.
- The faculty or act of using stratagem to accomplish a purpose; fraudulent skill or dexterity; deceit; craft.

Meaning of 'cunning' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . cunning [ s]
Meaning (1):
- showing inventiveness and skill
Example in sentence:
  • a clever gadget;
  • an ingenious solution to the problem;
  • the cunning maneuvers leading to his success
Meaning (2):
- attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness
Example in sentence:
  • a cunning baby;
  • a cute kid with pigtails;
  • a cute little apartment;
  • cunning kittens
Meaning (3):
- marked by skill in deception
Example in sentence:
  • a foxy scheme;
  • a slick evasive answer;
  • a wily old attorney;
  • cunning men often pass for wise;
  • deep political machinations;
  • sly as a fox;
  • tricky Dick

Nearby Words:

cun cunabula cunctation cunctative cunctator cunctipotent cund cundurango cuneal cuneate

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