canny
adjective
canniness
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a word derived from
canny.
Example Sentences
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Putin biographer Masha Gessen called Putin “the man without a face,” alluding not only to his resolutely nondescript quality, but his canniness in using it to conceal sharp-edged ambition and deep-seated venality.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
Her relative youth — she is 26 years old — belies a canniness and intelligence, her former colleagues said.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2022
But analysts also say Kainerugaba lacks his father's political canniness.
From Reuters ● May 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
