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cunning1 adjectivecunning2 noun cunningcun‧ning1 /ˈkʌnɪŋ/ ●●○ adjective   cunning1Origin: 1200-1300 Present participle of cun ‘to know’, an early form of can; ➔ CAN1 - a cunning marketing ploy
- a cunning model of the world
- Diane was a cold and cunning woman who preyed upon lonely teenagers.
- Hawkeye was very cunning - he always waited until his enemy was alone and unarmed before making his attack.
- His leadership style was to maintain power through a combination of force and cunning strategy.
- She's a cunning little devil! She left for school as usual, and then went into town instead with her friends.
- The coach quickly came up with a cunning counterattack.
- There was a small black sofa with cunning red and blue cushions on it.
- They use all kinds of cunning tricks to make people give them money.
- And it seems that nothing, not even one of Baldrick's cunning plans, can save them.
- But the wicked creature was very cunning, and she finally thought of a trick that would give her what she wanted.
- It was only the latest chapter in the book on the dangerous, amoral, but cunning place called Arkansas.
- She brought about the death of Pelias by a cunning trick.
- The book talks, and is very cunning.
- The brightest are wasted: the cunning triumph: the robber barons are back.
► intelligent having a high level of mental ability, and good at thinking clearly and understanding ideas: · The top universities aim to select the most intelligent students. ► clever especially British English, smart especially American English intelligent, so that you can think and learn quickly and find ways to solve problems: · That was very clever of you. How did you do that?· I wasn’t smart enough to be a lawyer. ► bright intelligent – used especially about children and young people: · He’s a very bright kid.· the brightest student in the class ► brilliant extremely intelligent and good at the work you do: · a brilliant scientist ► gifted a gifted child is much more intelligent than most other children: · a special school for gifted children ► wise able to make good decisions and give sensible advice, especially because you have a lot of experience: · a wise old man ► cunning/crafty good at using your intelligence to get what you want, often by making secret plans or tricking people: · She was cunning enough to keep this latest piece of information secret.· He’s a crafty old devil! ► brainy informal intelligent and good at studying: · My sister is the brainy one in our family. a clever plan, idea, or way of doing something► clever especially British a clever idea, plan, or way of doing something is good and works well: · It sounds like a clever idea. Do you think it'll work?· Virtual Listening Systems have introduced one of the year's most unusual and clever new products.· I've thought of a really clever way of making money. ► intelligent an intelligent idea, question etc is thought of or asked by someone who is intelligent: · Have you got any intelligent suggestions to make?· Anne was surprised to hear such an intelligent question coming from a very small child. ► ingenious an ingenious method, idea, or piece of equipment is cleverly designed to do a job or solve a problem in a very original way: · A scanner is an ingenious device which enables you to feed pictures, photos or documents into a computer system.· American scientists have come up with an ingenious way of getting rid of cockroaches.· The catalogue is full of ingenious ideas for transforming your house into a dream home.· In the end it was Pete who thought of a really ingenious solution to the problem. ► neat an idea etc that is clever, simple, and effective: · One of our designers has come up with a neat idea for storing computer disks.· Taking up a sport is a neat way of meeting new people, and it's good for you too.· It's a complicated problem, and there's no neat solution. ► smart a system or machine such as a computer that is smart is cleverly designed and does something effectively: · The new software system is really smart and it's much quicker to use too. ► cunning carefully planned, clever, and intended to deceive people: · They use all kinds of cunning tricks to make people give them money.· His leadership style was to maintain power through a combination of force and cunning strategy.· a cunning marketing ploy ► crafty a crafty plan or way of doing something etc is one that is cleverly planned and involves deceiving other people, in a way that people admire: · It was a crafty question. "Why are you trying to catch me out?" he replied.· Jerry and Tony had worked out a crafty way of avoiding paying tax. ► inspired an inspired idea, plan etc is extremely clever and impressive and is one that someone suddenly thinks of, without knowing how or why: · "How did you know the answer to that?" "I didn't, it was just an inspired guess."· Even the most inspired forecasts of how prices are going to move can't be right all the time.· The band represents some of the best young talent that's around, resulting in a sound that's both innovative and inspired. ► bright idea a clever idea about how to do something: · I like it! It sounds like a really bright idea.· I don't know what kind of present she'd like -- if you have any bright ideas let me know.have/come up with the bright idea of doing something (=often used humorously): · George came up with the bright idea of visiting every pub we passed. clever in a dishonest or secret way► cunning a cunning person gets what they want by thinking carefully about it, making secret plans, and deceiving people: · Hawkeye was very cunning - he always waited until his enemy was alone and unarmed before making his attack.· She's a cunning little devil! She left for school as usual, and then went into town instead with her friends. ► sly a sly person secretly deceives people and is always thinking of ways to get advantages for themselves: · Eliot looked sly and deceitful, as though he wasn't telling us the whole truth. · He's a sly old devil isn't he! Nobody knew he had as much money as that!on the sly (=secretly and in a way that deceives people): · My parents didn't approve, but we continued to meet on the sly. ► crafty a crafty person is good at getting what they want by planning carefully and secretly deceiving people, often in a way that other people admire: · Jerry was crafty -- he got into the match free by crawling under the fence.· Crafty cyber-thieves have found that they can steal a lot of money in electronic bank thefts with very little risk. ► wily a wily person has had a lot of experience of getting what they want by tricking people, so that it is very difficult to trick them: · Breen had a reputation for being a tough and wily negotiator.· The Fawcett brothers were too wily to be caught, and the local residents could get no help from the law. ► cunning/clever/ingenious plan· They devised a cunning plan to get back their money.· The gang devised a cunning plan to rob the bank. 1someone who is cunning is clever and good at deceiving people in order to get what they want SYN crafty:  a cunning opponent► see thesaurus at intelligent2behaviour or actions that are cunning are clever but dishonest and unfair, and are used to get what you want: a cunning plan3a cunning object or piece of equipment is clever and unusual: a cunning little device for keeping out draughts4 American English old-fashioned attractive: a cunning little dress—cunningly adverb |