cunning🔊

Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behavior.

(obsolete) Skillful, artful.

(obsolete) Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious.

(US, colloquial, dated) Cute, appealing.

Practical knowledge or experience; aptitude in performance; skill, proficiency; dexterity.

Practical skill employed in a secret or crafty manner; craft; artifice; skillful deceit; art or magic.

The disposition to employ one's skill in an artful manner; craftiness; guile; artifice; skill of being cunning, sly, conniving, or deceitful.

The natural wit or instincts of an animal.

(obsolete) Knowledge; learning; special knowledge (sometimes implying occult or magical knowledge).