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  • 1cunning — adj 1 ingenious, *clever, adroit Analogous words: skillful, skilled, adept, *proficient, expert, masterly 2 crafty, tricky, artful, *sly, foxy, insidious, wily, guileful Analogous words: devious, oblique, *crooked …

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  • 2trickery — *deception, double dealing, chicanery, chicane, fraud Analogous words:t *deceit, dissimulation, guile, cunning, duplicity: *imposture, cheat, fraud, sham, fake, humbug, counterfeit …

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  • 3cunning — cunningly, adv. cunningness, n. /kun ing/, n. 1. skill employed in a shrewd or sly manner, as in deceiving; craftiness; guile. 2. adeptness in performance; dexterity: The weaver s hand lost its cunning. adj. 3. showing or made with ingenuity. 4.… …

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  • 4Cunning — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Cunning >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 cunning cunning craft Sgm: N 1 cunningness cunningness craftiness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 subtlety subtlety artificiality Sgm: N 1 maneuvering maneuvering …

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  • 5cunning — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Craftiness Nouns 1. cunning, craft, craftiness, canniness, wit; gumption; slyness, artifice, art; subtlety, finesse, maneuvering; diplomacy, Machiavellianism, politics; resourcefulness; Jesuitry;… …

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  • 6cunning — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from present participle of can know Date: 14th century 1. dexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (as skill or knowledge) or in attaining an end < a cunning plotter > 2. displaying keen insight&#8230; …

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  • 7trickery — trick ► NOUN 1) a cunning or skilful act or scheme intended to deceive or outwit someone. 2) a skilful act performed for entertainment. 3) an illusion: a trick of the light. 4) (before another noun ) intended to mystify or trick: a trick question …

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  • 8cunning — 1. adjective 1) a cunning scheme Syn: crafty, wily, artful, devious, sly, scheming, canny, dishonest, deceitful 2) a cunning plan Syn: clever, ingenious …

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  • 9cunning — 1. adjective a cunning scheme Syn: crafty, wily, artful, guileful, devious, sly, scheming, designing, calculating, Machiavellian; shrewd, astute, clever, canny; deceitful, deceptive, duplicitous, foxy; archaic subtle …

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  • 10cunning — n 1. craft, craftiness, guile, wiliness, slyness, foxiness, artfulness, subtlety, shrewdness; deceit, deception, duplicity, trickery. 2. skill, skillfullness, dexterity, adroitness, ex pertness, mastery, artistry; aptitude, facility, address,&#8230; …

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