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cunning
WIKTIONARY
cunning
Adjective
  • ∙ Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
  • ∙ Skillful, artful. obsolete
  • ∙ Wrought with, or exibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious. obsolete
  • ∙ Cute, appealing. US, colloquial, rare
Noun
  • ∙ Practical knowledge or experience; aptitude in performance; skill, proficiency; dexterity.
  • ∙ Practical skill employed in a secret or crafty manner; craft; artifice; skillful deceit.
  • ∙ The disposition to employ one's skill in an artful manner; craftiness; guile; artifice; skill of being cunning, sly, conniving, or deceitful.
  • ∙ The natural wit or instincts of an animal.
  • ∙ Knowledge; learning; special knowledge (sometimes implying occult or magical knowledge). obsolete