NOUN | cognition | cunning, craft, craftiness, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness | shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception |
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attribute | cunning | crafty artfulness (especially in deception) | |
ADJECTIVE | all | cunning, cute | attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness |
all | cunning, crafty, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily | marked by skill in deception | |
all | cunning, clever, ingenious | showing inventiveness and skill |
Sounds | kah'nihng | |
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Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... |
Meaning | attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness. | |
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Synonym | cute | |
Broader | attractive | pleasing to the eye / eye or mind especially through beauty or charm |
Spanish | lindo, mono, rico | |
Catalan | bufó | |
Adverbs | cunningly | in an attractive manner |
Meaning | marked by skill in deception. | |
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Example | "cunning men often pass for wise" | |
Synonyms | crafty, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily | |
Broader | artful | marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft |
Spanish | artero, astuto, bellaco, ladino, pícaro, sagaz, socarrón, taimado | |
Catalan | astut, bergant, murri, sagaç, sorneguer | |
Adverbs | cunningly | in an artful manner |
Meaning | showing inventiveness and skill. | |
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Example | "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success" | |
Synonyms | clever, ingenious | |
Broader | adroit | Quick or skillful or adept in action or thought |
Spanish | ingenioso | |
Catalan | enginyós |
Meaning | shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception. | |
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Synonyms | craft, craftiness, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness | |
Broader | shrewdness, astuteness, perspicacity, perspicaciousness | intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) |
Spanish | astucia, ingeniosidad, inventiva, malicia, maña, picardía, socarronería, taima, taimería, zorrería | |
Catalan | astúcia, picardia, sagacitat |
Meaning | crafty artfulness (especially in deception). | |
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Broader | artfulness | The quality of being adroit in taking unfair advantage |
Spanish | astucia |
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