cunning
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5.1
- adjective
- /ˈkʌnɪŋ/
:
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- Whoever this guy is, he's stronger and more cunning than anybody we've ever been up against.
- resourceful and cunning
- manipulative and cunning
- very cunning
Oh, and indeed, you are a cunning man, Sir.
- Oh, and indeed, you are a cunning man, Sir.
- One of the cunning things about this clip is they don't show you how the crossbow is being loaded.
- The sociopath is a bit more is not as coolly efficient and cunning and calculating as the psychopath.
- You know, I like a scrappy by any means necessary, intelligent and cunning.
- It's it's accurate only I think that I think Deborah Rollie is is more cunning, more vicious.
- They didn't count on on me being as cunning and cut throat and resourceful and resourceful as I am.
- I believe that women have, evolutionarily, they've evolved to be adaptable, which is why women are cunning.
- Everything we we are the most manipulating, cunning people on the planet because we have a primary purpose and that's to get high.
Examples
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The Watsons of Hull chose a very cunning way of not being seen.
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The cunning fox devised a clever plan to steal the farmer's chickens.
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Oh, and indeed, you are a cunning man, Sir.
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But it just feels that they are way more cunning than we are.
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But people are different, more cunning in the ways they hurt each other.
Fiction book (1992) -
But they could be too cunning for the likes of you.
Fiction book (2002) -
Wolves are smart, cunning, quick.
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"No one would fight with us over March 8," she commented with a cunning smile.
Academic text (2005) -
During a period of bitter controversy, I discovered that he was more cunning than he seemed.
Fiction book (1993) -
In fact, he was probably even more cunning than Harvey Stumm.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
101
4.4
Acting in a secret way to avoid being noticed or to get an advantage
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6.4
Acting in a dishonest or tricky way to get what you want
50
4.7
Good at judging situations and making smart business decisions
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4.5
Good at using clever tricks to get what you want
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4.9
Being clever in a secret way to trick others
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4.5
Uses lies or clever plans to get what they want
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6.9
Clever in a sly or secret way to hide what you really mean
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6.9
A person or animal that uses clever tricks to get what they want
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9.9
Using clever tricks and lies to get power or advantage
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8.4
A person who acts sneaky and dishonest to avoid clear answers
3
8.8
Clever in a dishonest way to trick people
3
8.2
Being clever at secretly tricking people for personal gain
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9.9
Acting in a way that tricks people to get what you want
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9.1
Behaving in a sly way that tries to fool people
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8.9
A person or plan that tricks people to get what they want
Acting in a secret, sly way to try to trick people
Antonyms
Compounds
How Cunning
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cunning comes from an old English verb cunnan meaning 'to know', and is related to the idea behind can or 'know-how'. Over time it came to mean a special skill used to get what you want, often by tricking others. That's why cunning now describes someone clever and sly.