Canny
['kænɪ] or ['kæni]
Definition
(a.) Alt. of Cannei
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Definition
adj. (Scot.) knowing: shrewd: having supernatural power (see Uncanny): comfortable: careful in money matters: gentle: sly or pawky.—adv. Cann′ily.—n. Cann′iness.—To ca' canny to go or act cautiously.
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Examples
- The dealer in dyes and wigs was a shrewd and canny man. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- A little later, however, Sir William, always cautious and canny, began to discover the inherent defects of the primitive battery, as to disintegration, inefficiency, costliness, etc. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Despairing of Spanish help, Columbus sent his brother Bartholomew to Henry VII of England, but the adventure did not attract that canny monarch. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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