conniving
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- adjective
- /kəˈnaɪvɪŋ/
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maquiavélico
- His conniving schemes often resulted in trouble for his unsuspecting friends.
- conniving liar
- conniving and manipulative
- conniving and deceitful
And they were just very, the Soviets were very, very conniving and crafty in their machinations.
- And they were just very, the Soviets were very, very conniving and crafty in their machinations.
- To show what evil, conniving opportunist the other side consists of.
- And he turned out, he turned out to be a conniving survivalist until he got a little cocky.
- And And so we came up with, I think, a very conniving plan, which is to say that we just know what we know.
- Yes, Someone far more competent and conniving and ideological could have exploited our system in a way that Trump didn't.
- You're a cheating, conniving, evil white supremacist.
- Like someone's a bit conniving and and ratty.
- Anything short of that is just well, it's either panicked or it's conniving.
- The point of this is not to make you these conniving, manipulative, angry people acting out in the world.
- So men that feel a particular amount of distaste for other men who are being, they would see as a little bit sort of slimy and conniving.
Examples
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And the conniving man thought he might use this to his advantage.
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But in the series revival, whose first season aired this summer, J.R. was even more evil and deliciously conniving than ever.
Blog text (1) -
I can be just as conniving as you.
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Could a human be so conniving?
Blog text (10) -
Jack, I'm as conniving as they come, but a sneak attack is just wrong.
Fiction book (2000) -
Well, to me it seems very conniving and purposeful, like there's a reason why he wants to do this.
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They are a conniving, combative people.
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In some faces, Hamid thought he saw a glimpse of something beyond satisfaction: a brooding acceptance in one; an almost conniving intelligence in another.
Fiction book (1995) -
The conniving thief plotted to steal the valuable painting at the gala.
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She had a conniving plan to sabotage her rival's chances of winning the competition.
Synonyms
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4.4
Acting in a secret way to avoid being noticed or to get an advantage
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Acting in a dishonest or tricky way to get what you want
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5.0
Acting in a dishonest way to make people believe something untrue
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7.6
Secretly working together to do something dishonest
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8.1
Suggesting that people share a secret plan to do something bad
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6.7
Acting secretly to hurt someone you seem friendly with
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Working secretly with others to cheat or break the law
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6.2
Having secret plans to get what you want in a dishonest way
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Dishonest behavior of pretending one thing but doing another
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7.7
Planning actions carefully to gain personal advantage
Having secret plans to get something by tricking others
A person who carefully plans actions to get what they want, often without caring about others
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Morphology
Etymology
The word conniving comes from the old Latin verb connivere, which meant 'to close the eyes'. So a conniving person is like someone who 'closes their eyes' to bad things or secretly plans to do them.