Crafty
['krɑːftɪ] or ['kræfti]
Definition
(adj.) marked by skill in deception; 'cunning men often pass for wise'; 'deep political machinations'; 'a foxy scheme'; 'a slick evasive answer'; 'sly as a fox'; 'tricky Dick'; 'a wily old attorney' .
Inputed by Laura--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous.
(a.) Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful.
(a.) Skillful at deceiving others; characterized by craft; cunning; wily.
Edited by Alison
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Cunning, artful, deceitful, astute, sly, arch, subtle, shrewd, wily, invidious, intriguing, tricky, crooked, diplomatic, Machiavelian.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See CRAFTY]
Checker: Lorenzo
Examples
- He may be crazed, or he may be only crafty, or perhaps a little of both. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It was an odious face--crafty, vicious, malignant, with shifty, light-gray eyes and white lashes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The most crafty of her many subtleties was her feint of seeking to make the children fonder of me. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Mr Wegg then goes on to enlarge upon what throughout has been uppermost in his crafty mind:--the qualifications of Mr Venus for such a search. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- By dint of persuasion, I made him half-define these hints; they amounted to crafty Jesuit-slanders. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I, who stood by and heard all, saw immediately that one was a crafty old sophister, and the other a true novice. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Be crafty, Bill, and not too bold. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Madame, laughed Light-heart the Beggar, your crafty wits are on the wrong tack. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He knew that some of these specks even represented Christopher as capable of harbouring designs in 'that head,' and as being a crafty impostor. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Now would he track down the crafty Sabor and slay her likewise. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- He is in a child's sleep by this time, I suppose; it's time I should take my craftier head to my more worldly pillow. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- We will take a passenger from another famous ship, and call him Ulysses, the craftiest of the Greeks. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
Checker: Luther