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Definitions
showing inventiveness and skill
Word origin
From Middle English cunning, kunning, konnyng, alteration of earlier Middle English cunninde, kunnende, cunnand, from Old English cunnende, present participle of cunnan (“to know how to, be able to”), equivalent to con + -ing. Cognate with Scots cunnand (“cunning”), German könnend (“able to do”), Icelandic kunnandi (“cunning”). More at con, can.
Used in a sentence
“They are resolved to be cunning; let others run the hazard of being sincere.”
“Esau was a cunning hunter.”
“a cunning workman”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Cleverly sly”7 letters
02“Sly”7 letters
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