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Meanings of cunning in English

Portuguese
astúcia
Catalan
sagacitat

Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception.

      astúcia

      Marked by skill in deception.

          Related terms

          Showing inventiveness and skill.

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                Intelligent, smart and capable of taking advantage of a situation.

                      Usage of cunning in English
                      1
                      This demands quite a bit of hard work, not to say cunning.
                      The Guardian
                      2
                      Perhaps, by sheer nerve and animal cunning, you'll survive for a year.
                      Immortality Inc.
                      3
                      There was no cunning in the speech: it was the simple truth.
                      Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12...
                      4
                      Money and power and privilege run the Beautiful Game - and cunning.
                      Radio NZ
                      5
                      Though cunning in many ways, the opossum is singularly simple in others.
                      Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Makin...
                      6
                      Except this time, Navratilova had carefully devised a cunning plan: all-out attack.
                      The Guardian
                      7
                      The cunning slob had been watching the main entrance, just in case.
                      For Love Of Evil
                      8
                      I wonder whether Chelsea might need a bit more cunning and craft.
                      The Guardian
                      9
                      At last she spied the most dangerous and cunning animal, fast asleep.
                      The First Case
                      10
                      The crafty antagonists grapple in every cunning of the art of war.
                      The Little Lady of Lagunitas: A Franco-Californian Romance
                      11
                      Rockdogs were cunning and dangerous, one of the most dangerous of adversaries.
                      Genellan: planetfall
                      12
                      I am cunning, ruthless, and tall; in the end, I rule all.
                      Wizard and glass
                      13
                      But he got them positioned in the end-withgreat cunning, he thought.
                      Charmed Life
                      14
                      The instrument is very valuable; and he looked more cunning than ever.
                      Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space
                      15
                      The Odyssey is an object lesson in the power of human cunning.
                      The Guardian
                      16
                      Women credit men with craft and cunning in the ways of love.
                      The Bastonnais / Tale of the American Invasion of Canada in 1775...
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                      Translations for cunning
                      Portuguese
                      astúcia
                      Cunning through the time
                      Cunning across language varieties
                      United Kingdom
                      Common
                      United States of America
                      Less common
                      Ireland
                      Less common