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cunning
adjective
noun
Showing inventiveness and skill
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adjective
Showing inventiveness and skill
“A clever gadget”
adjective
Marked by skill in deception
“Cunning men often pass for wise”
adjective
Attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness
“A cute kid with pigtails”
noun
Crafty artfulness (especially in deception)
noun
Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
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A clever gadget
The cunning maneuvers leading to his success
An ingenious solution to the problem
Cunning men often pass for wise
A foxy scheme
A slick evasive answer
Sly as a fox
Tricky Dick
A cute kid with pigtails
A cute little apartment
Cunning kittens
A cunning baby
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