canny
adjective, can·ni·er, can·ni·est.
adverb Also can·ni·ly.
Origin of canny
Related Words for canny
ingenious, cautious, wise, sly, adroit, skillful, shrewd, frugal, discreet, cagey, judicious, subtle, prudent, intelligent, astute, able, acute, careful, circumspect, cunningExamples from the Web for canny
Contemporary Examples of canny
Ever canny if uninspiring, John Boehner admitted as much in his recent remarks.
But he was a canny political operator, far less ideological and more coldly pragmatic than proponents liked to admit.
From The Square Deal to The New Deal: The Overlapping Political Identities of TR and FDRJohn Avlon
September 9, 2014
A wavering, but canny Wehrmacht General Dietrich von Choltitz finally surrendered it on August 25.
Who Liberated Paris in August 1944?August 24, 2014
That is admirable, and Preserve is clever, or at least canny.
All of it is so canny we can only wonder why no one had said these things before.
Historical Examples of canny
He said it was "Kahore pai;" or, as a Scotsman would put it, "no canny."
Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2)William Delisle Hay
So reasoned the canny Scot, but he held his tongue to his Lilias.
Two Penniless PrincessesCharlotte M. Yonge
And old Angus wagged his head and said, "Canny lass, the widdy!"
They of the High TrailsHamlin Garland
Turning, I found the canny swain had followed me on an investigating tour.
Lords of the NorthA. C. Laut
It might be a good thing, said the canny Scot, to back him up and reap the benefit.
Under FireCharles King