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Meaning of cunning

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  cunning
      adj 1: attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness
             or quaintness; "a cute kid with pigtails"; "a cute little
             apartment"; "cunning kittens"; "a cunning baby" [syn:
             {cunning}, {cute}]
      2: 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 Dick"; "a wily
         old attorney" [syn: {crafty}, {cunning}, {dodgy}, {foxy},
         {guileful}, {knavish}, {slick}, {sly}, {tricksy}, {tricky},
         {wily}]
      3: showing inventiveness and skill; "a clever gadget"; "the
         cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious
         solution to the problem" [syn: {clever}, {cunning},
         {ingenious}]
      n 1: shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
           [syn: {craft}, {craftiness}, {cunning}, {foxiness},
           {guile}, {slyness}, {wiliness}]
      2: crafty artfulness (especially in deception)

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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