CUNNING


Meaning of CUNNING in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kʌnɪŋ ]

1.

Someone who is cunning has the ability to achieve things in a clever way, often by deceiving other people.

These disturbed kids can be cunning.

...Mr Blair’s cunning plan.

= crafty

ADJ

• cun‧ning‧ly

They were cunningly disguised in golf clothes.

ADV : usu ADV with v

2.

Cunning is the ability to achieve things in a clever way, often by deceiving other people.

...one more example of the cunning of today’s art thieves...

N-UNCOUNT

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