English > foxy: 1 sense > adjective 1| Meaning | marked by skill in deception. |
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| Example | "a foxy scheme" |
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| Synonyms | crafty, cunning, dodgy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily |
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| Broader | artful | marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft |
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| Spanish | artero, astuto, bellaco, ladino, pícaro, sagaz, socarrón, taimado |
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| Catalan | astut, bergant, murri, sagaç, sorneguer |
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| Nouns | fox | a shifty deceptive person |
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| foxiness | shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception |
| Adverbs | foxily | in an artful manner |
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