crafty

[ kraf-tee, krahf- ]

/ ˈkræf ti, ˈkrɑf- /

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adjective, craft·i·er, craft·i·est.

skillful in underhand or evil schemes; cunning; deceitful; sly.

Obsolete. skillful; ingenious; dexterous.

OTHER WORDS FOR crafty

1 wily, tricky, designing, scheming.

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Origin of crafty

before 900; Middle English; Old English cræftig skilled. See craft, -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM crafty

craft·i·ly, adverbcraft·i·ness, nounqua·si-craft·i·ly, adverbquasi-crafty, adjective

un·craft·i·ly, adverbun·craft·i·ness, nounun·craft·y, adjective

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How to use crafty in a sentence

Olivia and her Gladiators craftily shut Rosen down early on in the season, effectively ruining his career.
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The revelation has been a massive (and craftily orchestrated) PR coup for the city of Leicester.
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The story is craftily arranged, seducing viewers just as thoroughly as the central character himself.
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Peroo, well known to the crew, had possessed himself of the wheel, and was taking the launch craftily up-stream.
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Jess has told me with a beaming face how craftily he behaved.
A Window in Thrums|J. M. Barrie
"Still, she doesn't seem much older than you," said Dink craftily.
The Varmint|Owen Johnson
Dink had thought of that; he had thought of something else, too, which he craftily hid in his own memory.
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She knew how I was exulting in having her there, so would not say a word to damp me, but I craftily drew it out of her.
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British Dictionary definitions for crafty

crafty

/ (ˈkrɑːftɪ) /

adjective craftier or craftiest

skilled in deception; shrewd; cunning

archaic skilful

Derived forms of crafty

craftily, adverbcraftiness, noun

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