Meanings of as canny in English

Its leader is as tough and as canny as an old fox.

So he had to assume his pursuers were just as canny.

But Bellerophon was as canny as he was good-looking, and devised a cunning plan.

Oh, Swope was canny, as canny as he was cruel.

Livingstone, as canny a populist as Blair, hit on the theme which had made the difference.

I'll be her nurse, and I'll gang aboot on my stockin' soles as canny as pussy.

I'll be her nurse, and I'll gang about on my stockin' soles as canny as pussy.

While denying the existence of matter, no people on earth are as canny, save possibly the Quakers.

Whatever else he might be, Barregos is as canny a politician as any in the Solarian League.

But if she's as canny as she's bonny, I'll wager she'll outwit him before they have done.

Weintraub, who was as canny as they make them, saw he'd have to get into direct touch with Metzger.

The Zaghawa clashed with Arab herders over grazing lands for decades before the Darfur conflict and are also known as canny traders.

She was unused to guile, and her emotions were written all over her face, plainly read by an eye as canny as his.

Similarly, would Charles and William, as canny future kings, have really wanted to see The Firm's two most charismatic frontline working members dramatically sidelined?

As canny and effective as ever.

"You are as canny as ever," he said, putting his hand on my shoulder.