foxy
adjective
foxlike; cunning or crafty; slyly clever.
foxiness
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a word derived from
foxy.
Example Sentences
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The columnist is even willing to bypass foxiness and hedgehoghood to become a guinea pig: You want to know if it is possible to teach a 38-year-old how to drive a stick shift?
From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2013
Less convincing than his generosity was Cineman Fox's foxiness.
From Time Magazine Archive
But when Washington finally got around to "clarifying" its action, it turned out that both these schools of thought had vastly overestimated Washington's foxiness.
From Time Magazine Archive
The fruit has a sprightly taste wholly free from any disagreeable foxiness.
From Manual of American Grape-Growing by U. P. Hedrick
Well, I have made up my mind to fly at once to the convent," she said, "with my foxiness and other evil qualities.
From The Art of Disappearing by John Talbot Smith
