cunningly
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6.5
- adverb
- /ˈkʌnɪŋli/
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astutamente
- The magician cunningly tricked the audience into believing his impossible illusion.
Examples
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Meanwhile, Norman Nields was cunningly preparing to hunt down his final victim.
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The pantry was small and serenely ordered, the crockery, copper, and knives cunningly arranged and gleaming.
Fiction book (1993) -
So they cunningly just fit in there.
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So as the door opens, they stay there and they cunningly fit in between this hole here as it moves.
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I take a crystal, a crystal of rock salt and cunningly give that a nick in just the right direction.
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A dry goods window caught my eye nevertheless and was cunningly enough done to make me stop and study it a moment, late as I was.
Fiction book (1998) -
What makes it most effective and dangerous is that it cunningly presents itself to the casual observer as an honest jurisprudence.
Academic text (2010) -
Now, through a cunningly crafted marriage to a Norman Princess, they had the legal means to seize the Sicilian throne and end Norman rule in the region for good.
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Myles stood quietly and let his wandering gaze play over the wall hangings, cunningly backlit by the light sculpture of the glassy walls.
Fiction book (1992) -
Very cunningly, he dates his accession to the throne to the day before Bosworth field and that means that anyone who fought for Richard III was actually committing treason against their lawful king of England, which means of course he can seize their property or say that they owe him money.
Synonyms
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6.1
In a secret, clever way so others do not notice
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6.7
In a clever way to trick or deceive someone
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4.9
In a secret way so other people do not notice
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7.6
In a dishonest or not direct way to get what you want
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6.5
To use clever tricks to get what you want without telling the truth
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6.3
In a way that tries to trick someone
Someone behaves in a dishonest, clever way to trick others
In a clever, tricky way to get what you want
In a clever, slightly tricky way to get a result
In a clever way that tries to fool someone
In a sly, clever way that hides real plans
In a secret or clever way to make other people do what you want
In a secret, dishonest way to get an unfair advantage
Antonyms
How Cunning
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cunningly comes from cunning, which came from an old English word meaning 'to know' and is like the same idea in the word can. So to act cunningly is to 'know how' to do something in a clever, often tricky way.