Definition of cunning

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Cunning (a.) Knowing; skillful; dexterous.

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Sleightful :: Sleightful (a.) Cunning; dexterous.
Overknowing :: Overknowing (a.) Too knowing or too cunning.
Manage :: Manage (n.) Hence: Esp., to guide by careful or delicate treatment; to wield with address; to make subservient by artful conduct; to bring around cunningly to one's plans..
Subtle :: Subtle (superl.) Cunningly devised; crafty; treacherous; as, a subtle stratagem..
Cunning :: Cunning (a.) Pretty or pleasing; as, a cunning little boy..
Policy :: Policy (n.) Management or administration based on temporal or material interest, rather than on principles of equity or honor; hence, worldly wisdom; dexterity of management; cunning; stratagem..
Subdominant :: Subdolous (a.) Sly; crafty; cunning; artful.
Knowing :: Knowing (a.) Artful; cunning; as, a knowing rascal..
Cute :: Cute (a.) Clever; sharp; shrewd; ingenious; cunning.
Overreach :: Overreach (v. t.) To deceive, or get the better of, by artifice or cunning; to outwit; to cheat..
Sisyphus :: Sisyphus (n.) A king of Corinth, son of Aeolus, famed for his cunning. He was killed by Theseus, and in the lower world was condemned by Pluto to roll to the top of a hill a huge stone, which constantly rolled back again, making his task incessant..
Sly :: Sly (v. t.) Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
Vafrous :: Vafrous (a.) Crafty; cunning; sly; as, vafrous tricks..
Politic :: Politic (a.) Sagacious in promoting a policy; ingenious in devising and advancing a system of management; devoted to a scheme or system rather than to a principle; hence, in a good sense, wise; prudent; sagacious; and in a bad sense, artful; unscrupulous; cunning; -- said of persons..
Witty :: Witty (n.) Possessed of wit; knowing; wise; skillful; judicious; clever; cunning.
Uncunning :: Uncunning (a.) Ignorant.
Cunning :: Cunning (a.) The faculty or act of using stratagem to accomplish a purpose; fraudulent skill or dexterity; deceit; craft.
Artfully :: Artfully (adv.) In an artful manner; with art or cunning; skillfully; dexterously; craftily.
Subtle :: Subtle (superl.) Sly in design; artful; cunning; insinuating; subtile; -- applied to persons; as, a subtle foe..
Machiavelian :: Machiavelian (a.) Of or pertaining to Machiavel, or to his supposed principles; politically cunning; characterized by duplicity or bad faith; crafty..
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