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| 1. | [ noun ] (psychology) shrewdness in deception | |
| Examples: | "as cunning as a fox" |
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| Related terms: | shrewdness | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] showing inventiveness and skill | |
| Synonyms: | ingenious clever | |
| Examples: | "a clever gadget" "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success" "an ingenious solution to the problem" |
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| Related terms: | adroit | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (psychology) shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception | |
| Synonyms: | craftiness foxiness guile slyness wiliness craft | |
| Related terms: | shrewdness | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] marked by skill in deception | |
| Synonyms: | sly crafty wily tricksy knavish guileful slick tricky foxy dodgy | |
| Examples: | "cunning men often pass for wise" "deep political machinations" "a foxy scheme" "a slick evasive answer" "sly as a fox" "tricky Dick" "a wily old attorney" |
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| Related terms: | artful | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness | |
| Synonyms: | cute | |
| Examples: | "a cute kid with pigtails" "a cute little apartment" "cunning kittens" "a cunning baby" |
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| Related terms: | attractive | |
| 6. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 30566 | |
| 7. | [ noun ] drafty artfulness (especially in deception) | |
| Related terms: | artfulness | |
| Similar spelling: |
cunningly Cunnington cunningham Cumming Cumings cummings Canning Cummingham Cummins |
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