How to pronounce“cunning”in English
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calculating businessman and it's exactly that aspect of his behavior in the behavior of other economic gangsters
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Definitions of “cunning”
Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
“They are resolved to be cunning; let others run the hazard of being sincere.”
Skillful, artful.
“Esau was a cunning hunter.”
Practical knowledge or experience; aptitude in performance; skill, proficiency; dexterity.
“indeed at this very moment he's slipped away with the utmost cunning into a form that's most perplexing to investigate.”
Practical skill employed in a secret or crafty manner; craft; artifice; skillful deceit; art or magic.
“Caliban: As I told thee before, I am subject to a tyrant, a sorcerer that by his cunning hath cheated me of the island.”
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