a. | 1. | Knowing; skillful; dexterous. |
2. | Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious; curious; | |
3. | Crafty; sly; artful; designing; deceitful. | |
4. | Pretty or pleasing; | |
n. | 1. | Knowledge; art; skill; dexterity. |
2. | The faculty or act of using stratagem to accomplish a purpose; fraudulent skill or dexterity; deceit; craft. |
Noun | 1. | cunning - shrewdness in deception; "as cunning as a fox" |
2. | cunning - shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception | |
3. | cunning - drafty artfulness (especially in deception) | |
Adj. | 1. | cunning - attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness; "a cute kid with pigtails"; "a cute little apartment"; "cunning kittens"; "a cunning baby" Synonyms: cute |
2. | cunning - marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dik"; "a wily old attorney" | |
3. | cunning - showing inventiveness and skill; "a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious solution to the problem" |