adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Pete Chambers is a canny fellow. Not one to miss an opportunity.
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Robinson has benefited from some canny marketing.
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She's far too canny to keep her money in this country. She's got it safely hidden away in Switzerland, I expect.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As always, the Liberals try to have it both ways, but they are up against canny farmers.
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He had real charm, which made canny figures such as Tolkien distrust him.
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If nothing else, Annaud proves himself a canny casting director with this movie.
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Nerve cells, canny little things, recycle their neurotransmitters.
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Perhaps a canny distributor will see possibilities for three trendy niche markets, Japanism, environmentalism and feminism.
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They were the sturdy facade, the ulterior design for a very canny flow of resources.
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Those who took his rewards, however, proved far cannier than their monarch.