cunning
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(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
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(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
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(s) showing inventiveness and skill
- a clever gadget
- the cunning maneuvers leading to his success
- an ingenious solution to the problem
Nouns
- (n) shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception craftiness, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness, craft,
- (n) crafty artfulness (especially in deception)