cunningness
- noun
- /ˈkʌnɪŋnəs/
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astucia
- Her cunningness helped her win the game.
Examples
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He used his cunningness to outsmart his competitors in the business world.
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Her cunningness helped her negotiate a better deal than anyone expected.
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The detective admired the criminal's cunningness in covering his tracks.
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The cunningness of the fox is well known.
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His cunningness allowed him to navigate tricky negotiations and get the best deal possible.
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The cunningness she displayed during the competition surprised everyone, as she cleverly outmaneuvered her opponents.
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With a mix of cunningness and charm, he was able to convince them to change their minds.
Synonyms
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4.5
The ability to get what you want by tricking people
27
4.9
To use dishonest ways to cheat people
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7.8
Clever but dishonest way of acting that tricks people
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9.3
Tricks people use to deceive others to get money or advantage
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7.0
Secret actions that are dishonest or unfair to get what you want
2
6.5
Trying to make other people believe something that is not true
1
5.8
A clever use of tricks to get what you want from others
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6.0
Doing things quietly to trick people without them noticing
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8.2
Skill at tricking people to get what you want
1
7.9
Clever ways of getting what you want by tricking people
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6.2
A quality of being clever and secretly using tricks to get what you want
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7.2
A quality that makes something seem true when it is false
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7.1
Dishonest or sneaky behaviour to get what you want
Being clever and able to trick people
Being clever in a dishonest or deceptive way that is hard to guess
A clever and dishonest way of tricking people
Antonyms
How Cunning
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cunningness comes from an old root cunn- meaning 'to know', the same idea behind the verb can. Over time that 'knowing how' came to mean clever tricking, so cunningness is 'cleverness used to trick or avoid others'.