canny
adjective
canniness
-
a word derived from
canny.
Example Sentences
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But this latest barrage of posts aimed at Europe demonstrates that he has no such canniness when it comes to foreign affairs.
From Slate ● Jan. 9, 2025
But analysts also say Kainerugaba lacks his father's political canniness.
From Reuters ● May 19, 2022
How that canniness expresses itself may have little to do with what’s literally on the page.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2022
She’s a wonderful mix of decent values and applied canniness.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 24, 2020
The old hound had the canniness of a wolf.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
