cunning
noun
skill employed in a shrewd or sly manner, as in deceiving; craftiness; guile.
cunningness
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a word derived from
cunning.
Example Sentences
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Both “Squid Game” and the reality competition series “Squid Game: The Challenge,” which premiered Nov. 22, pushed contestants to the brink, testing their mental strength and cunningness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2023
Baby Peggy's public is composed of persons with an unbounded capacity for "cunningness" in other people's children.
From Time Magazine Archive
Before the bishop spoke agin you could see his craziness and his cunningness both working in his face.
From Danny's Own Story by Don Marquis
It caused about as much excitement as had the failure of the bank because of its cunningness.
From The Homesteader A Novel by Oscar Micheaux
For seeing the cunningness of the new people, they partly feared and partly despised them.
From Old English Chronicles by Various
