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      cunning
      noun
      The disposition to employ one's skill in an artful manner; craftiness; guile; artifice; skill of being cunning, sly, conniving, or deceitful.
      Practical skill employed in a secret or crafty manner; craft; artifice; skillful deceit; art or magic.
      Practical knowledge or experience; aptitude in performance; skill, proficiency; dexterity.
      The natural wit or instincts of an animal.
      A surname.
      (obsolete) Knowledge; learning; special knowledge (sometimes implying occult or magical knowledge).
      adjective
      Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
      (Maine, colloquial, dated) Cute, appealing.
      (obsolete) Skillful, artful.
      (obsolete) Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious.
      Synonyms for cunning
      wilyadjguilefuladjcraftyadjslynessnslyadjwilinessncraftinessncleveradjguileningeniousadjtricksyadjfoxinessnshrewdadjdeviousadjtrickyadjartfuladjsneakyadjartfulnessnshrewdnessnastuteadjclevernessnunderhandednessnskillfuladjcannyadjcanninessnadroitadjresourcefuladjdeviousnessnschemingadj
      Words related to cunning
      knavishadjknavishlyadvcunninglyadvfoxilyadvdeviouslyadvweasellyadvwilesnconnivingadjsleekittrickerynstratagemn

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