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cunning

[ kuhn-ing ]

noun

  1. skill employed in a shrewd or sly manner, as in deceiving; craftiness; guile.

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  2. adeptness in performance; dexterity:

    The weaver's hand had not lost its cunning.

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adjective

  1. showing or made with ingenuity.

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  2. artfully subtle or shrewd; crafty; sly.

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  3. Informal. charmingly cute or appealing:

    a cunning little baby.

  4. Archaic. skillful; expert.

verb

  1. Obsolete. present participle of can 1.

cunning

/ 藞办蕦苍瑟艐 /

adjective

  1. crafty and shrewd, esp in deception; sly

    cunning as a fox

  2. made with or showing skill or cleverness; ingenious
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. craftiness, esp in deceiving; slyness
  2. cleverness, skill, or ingenuity
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞肠耻苍苍颈苍驳苍别蝉蝉, noun
  • 藞肠耻苍苍颈苍驳濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 肠耻苍路苍颈苍驳路濒测 adverb
  • 肠耻苍路苍颈苍驳路苍别蝉蝉 noun
  • 辞路惫别谤路肠耻苍路苍颈苍驳 adjective
  • o路ver路肠耻苍路苍颈苍驳路苍别蝉蝉 noun
  • 辩耻补路蝉颈-肠耻苍路苍颈苍驳 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of cunning1

First recorded in 1275鈥1325; (noun) Middle English; Old English cunnung, equivalent to cunn(an) 鈥渢o know鈥 ( can 1 ) + -ung -ing 1; (adjective, verb) Middle English, present participle of cunnan 鈥渢o know鈥 ( can 1, -ing 2 )
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of cunning1

Old English cunnende; related to cunnan to know (see can 1), cunnian to test, experience, Old Norse kunna to know
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Synonym Study

Cunning, artifice, craft imply an inclination toward deceit, slyness, and trickery. Cunning implies a shrewd, often instinctive skill in concealing or disguising the real purposes of one's actions: not intelligence but a low kind of cunning. An artifice is a clever, unscrupulous ruse, used to mislead others: a successful artifice to conceal one's motives. Craft suggests underhand methods and the use of deceptive devices and tricks to attain one's ends: craft and deceitfulness in every act.
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In just about 120 seconds, viewers learn that Violet is not only intensely caring but clever enough to think of cunning, new approaches in a short amount of time when one method falls flat.

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It was seen as a cunning way to save on candles.

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She may be cunning, but that doesn鈥檛 mean she doesn鈥檛 care or she鈥檚 cruel.

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Their infatuations are challenged by a cunning philosopher who persuades the bros to pretend they鈥檝e been suddenly drafted and to return later in disguise to woo each other鈥檚 fianc茅e.

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