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crafty

[ kraf-tee, krahf- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, craft·i·er, craft·i·est.

skillful in underhand or evil schemes; cunning; deceitful; sly.
Synonyms: scheming, designing, tricky, wily
Obsolete. skillful; ingenious; dexterous.

crafty

/ ˈkrɑːftɪ /

Origin of crafty¹

before 900; Middle English; Old English cræftig skilled. See craft, -y ¹

It all goes well with the strong, crafty flavors of the beers.

It also helps that he kept Cory Booker off the ballot with a crafty scheduling of a Senate special election last month.

So the crafty North Carolina legislators took out the word Islam and instead referred to it as “foreign law.”

Romney will be very crafty in debate about how he presents all this, and it's all very confusing to most people.

The Daily Pic: The Bruce High Quality Foundation gets crafty with labor.

He accuses the latter of various illegal and crafty acts, among them sending contraband gold and jewels to Mexico.

He hath searched out the deep, and the heart of men: and considered their crafty devices.

But while everything seemed so favourable the crafty Gascon from the first foresaw the dangers which beset his path.

He was a dark impish looking fellow, as lean as Cassius and as crafty and envious as Iago.

But Soult was possessed of a crafty caution which seldom if ever allowed his ambition to hinder the success his ability deserved.

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