cunningness


cun·ning

C0805900 (kŭn′ĭng)adj.1. Marked by or given to artful subtlety and deceptiveness.2. Executed with or exhibiting ingenuity.3. Delicately pleasing; pretty or cute: a cunning pet.n.1. Skill in deception; guile.2. Skill or adeptness in execution or performance; dexterity.
[Middle English, present participle of connen, to know, from Old English cunnan; see gnō- in Indo-European roots.]
cun′ning·ly adv.cun′ning·ness n.