cunning

  • (s) attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness
    • a cute kid with pigtails
    • a cute little apartment
    • cunning kittens
    • a cunning baby
    cute,
  • (s) 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
    crafty, foxy, guileful, knavish, sly, tricksy, wily, dodgy, tricky, slick,
  • (s) showing inventiveness and skill
    • a clever gadget
    • the cunning maneuvers leading to his success
    • an ingenious solution to the problem
    ingenious, clever,

Nouns

Synonyms

craftiness foxiness guile slyness wiliness craft cute crafty foxy guileful knavish sly tricksy wily dodgy tricky slick ingenious clever

Words of close approximity

Cunningham cunningly