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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

BABYLON ENGLISH
cunning adj.
shrewd, sly; adorable, cute
shrewdness, craftiness

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
cunning
cunning
\cun"ning\ (kŭn"n&ibreve;ng), a. [as. cunnan to know, to be able. see 1st con, can.]
1. knowing; skillful; dexterous. "a cunning workman." -- ex. xxxviii. 23. "tis beauty truly blent, whose red and white nature's own sweet and cunning hand laid on. esau was a cunning hunter. --gen xxv. 27.
2. wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious; curious; as, cunning work. over them arachne high did lift her cunning web.
3. crafty; sly; artful; designing; deceitful. they are resolved to be cunning; let others run the hazard of being sincere.
4. pretty or pleasing; as, a cunning little boy. [colloq. u.s.]

WORDNET 2.0
cunning
Noun
1. shrewdness in deception; "as cunning as a fox"
(hypernym) shrewdness, astuteness, perspicacity, perspicaciousness
2. shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
(synonym) craft, craftiness, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness
(hypernym) shrewdness, astuteness, perspicacity, perspicaciousness
3. drafty artfulness (especially in deception)
(hypernym) artfulness
Adjective
1. attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness; "a cute kid with pigtails"; "a cute little apartment"; "cunning kittens"; "a cunning baby"
(synonym) cute
(similar) attractive
2. marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dik"; "a wily old attorney"
(synonym) crafty, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily
(similar) artful
3. showing inventiveness and skill; "a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious solution to the problem"
(synonym) clever, ingenious
(similar) adroit

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Cunning
Cunning may refer to:
Cunning (owarai), Japanese comedy groupCunning folk, a type of folk magic user
See more at Wikipedia.org...

WIKTIONARY - Yabla

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

BABYLON ENGLISH
cunning adj.
shrewd, sly; adorable, cute
shrewdness, craftiness

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
cunning
cunning
\cun"ning\ (kŭn"n&ibreve;ng), a. [as. cunnan to know, to be able. see 1st con, can.]
1. knowing; skillful; dexterous. "a cunning workman." -- ex. xxxviii. 23. "tis beauty truly blent, whose red and white nature's own sweet and cunning hand laid on. esau was a cunning hunter. --gen xxv. 27.
2. wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious; curious; as, cunning work. over them arachne high did lift her cunning web.
3. crafty; sly; artful; designing; deceitful. they are resolved to be cunning; let others run the hazard of being sincere.
4. pretty or pleasing; as, a cunning little boy. [colloq. u.s.]

WORDNET 2.0
cunning
Noun
1. shrewdness in deception; "as cunning as a fox"
(hypernym) shrewdness, astuteness, perspicacity, perspicaciousness
2. shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
(synonym) craft, craftiness, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness
(hypernym) shrewdness, astuteness, perspicacity, perspicaciousness
3. drafty artfulness (especially in deception)
(hypernym) artfulness
Adjective
1. attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness; "a cute kid with pigtails"; "a cute little apartment"; "cunning kittens"; "a cunning baby"
(synonym) cute
(similar) attractive
2. marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dik"; "a wily old attorney"
(synonym) crafty, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily
(similar) artful
3. showing inventiveness and skill; "a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious solution to the problem"
(synonym) clever, ingenious
(similar) adroit

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Cunning
Cunning may refer to:
Cunning (owarai), Japanese comedy groupCunning folk, a type of folk magic user
See more at Wikipedia.org...

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