Cunning - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- crafty artfulness (especially in deception)
adjective
a cunning baby
Extra examples
She was cunning enough to fool me.
...a cunning, underhanded plan to win the election by preying on people's fears and prejudices...
He may be a fraud, but you have to admire his cunning.
...the cunning with which Tom Sawyer was able to get others to whitewash the fence for him...
She would use low cunning (=unpleasant dishonest methods) to win people's sympathy.
A cunning and malicious crook who suckered him without half trying.
The fox uses stealth and cunning to hunt its prey.
She was cunning enough to beguile her classmates into doing the work for her.
It was a cunning trick of him to do it.
Craft and cunning were necessary for the scheme to work.
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