Definition of cunning

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Cunning (a.) Crafty; sly; artful; designing; deceitful.

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Craftiness :: Craftiness (n.) Dexterity in devising and effecting a purpose; cunning; artifice; stratagem.
Trick :: Trick (a.) An artifice or stratagem; a cunning contrivance; a sly procedure, usually with a dishonest intent; as, a trick in trade..
Cunningman :: Cunningman (n.) A fortune teller; one who pretends to reveal mysteries.
Politic :: Politic (a.) Sagacious in promoting a policy; ingenious in devising and advancing a system of management; devoted to a scheme or system rather than to a principle; hence, in a good sense, wise; prudent; sagacious; and in a bad sense, artful; unscrupulous; cunning; -- said of persons..
Wiliness :: Wiliness (n.) The quality or state of being wily; craftiness; cunning; guile.
Dodge :: Dodge (n.) The act of evading by some skillful movement; a sudden starting aside; hence, an artful device to evade, deceive, or cheat; a cunning trick; an artifice..
Callid :: Callid (a.) Characterized by cunning or shrewdness; crafty.
Management :: Management (v.) Judicious use of means to accomplish an end; conduct directed by art or address; skillful treatment; cunning practice; -- often in a bad sense.
Subdominant :: Subdolous (a.) Sly; crafty; cunning; artful.
Astucious :: Astucious (a.) Subtle; cunning; astute.
Artificer :: Artificer (n.) A cunning or artful fellow.
Manage :: Manage (n.) Hence: Esp., to guide by careful or delicate treatment; to wield with address; to make subservient by artful conduct; to bring around cunningly to one's plans..
Machiavelian :: Machiavelian (a.) Of or pertaining to Machiavel, or to his supposed principles; politically cunning; characterized by duplicity or bad faith; crafty..
Knacky :: Knacky (a.) Having a knack; cunning; crafty; trickish.
Outwit :: Outwit (v. t.) To surpass in wisdom, esp. in cunning; to defeat or overreach by superior craft..
Insinuate :: Insinuate (v. i.) To ingratiate one's self; to obtain access or favor by flattery or cunning.
Politician :: Politician (a.) Cunning; using artifice; politic; artful.
Overcunning :: Overcunning (a.) Exceedingly or excessively cunning.
Shrewd :: Shrewd (superl.) Artful; wily; cunning; arch.
Loopie :: Loopie (a.) Deceitful; cunning; sly.
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