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- Dictionarycunning/ˈkʌnɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. having or showing skill in achieving one's ends by deceit or evasion: "a cunning look came into his eyes"
- 2. attractive or quaint: North American "Baby will look too cunning for anything in that pink print"
noun
- 1. skill in achieving one's ends by deceit: "a statesman to whom cunning had come as second nature"
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Cunning means clever at planning something so that you get what you want, especially by tricking other people, or pretty and attractive. Learn how to use cunning in a sentence, see related words and phrases, and explore translations in different languages.
The meaning of CUNNING is dexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (such as skill or knowledge) or in attaining an end. How to use cunning in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Cunning.
Cunning implies a shrewd, often instinctive skill in concealing or disguising the real purposes of one's actions: not intelligence but a low kind of cunning. An artifice is a clever, unscrupulous ruse, used to mislead others: a successful artifice to conceal one's motives.
Cunning means having the ability to achieve things in a clever way, often by deceiving other people. It can be an adjective, a noun, or an adverb. See synonyms, pronunciation, and usage examples of cunning.
Cunning means clever, in the sense of trickery. A cunning plan might involve setting traps for the innocent and pure at heart to fall into. This adjective goes back to the 14th-century English verb cunnen, which meant "to know," and is actually related to our English verb know.
Cunning means clever at getting what you want, especially by tricking people. Learn how to use this word in different contexts and languages with the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary.
Cunning means able to get what you want in a clever way, especially by tricking or cheating somebody. It can also mean clever and showing skill. See how to use cunning in sentences and compare it with crafty and wily.
