can
auxiliary verb
to be able to; have the ability, power, or skill to.
will be cunning
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future progressiveof can.future progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
Example Sentences
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"You will be cunning, Trude, if you try to persuade Marie to accept the rich suitor, for when she does I will give you two hundred thalers."
From Old Fritz and the New Era by Peter Langley
Well, I will see that he has now a sure chance to escape, and you may believe he will be cunning enough to take advantage of it.
From Frederick the Great and His Family by Mrs. Chapman Coleman
Summer is coming, Then the fox will be cunning, And all will be glad, And none will be sad, And I hope none will be mad, And I hope none will be bad; Oh, hail!
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 26, 1916 by Sir Owen Seaman
"Thou art most wonderfully cunning, indeed," replied Jones; "however, I will write to my charmer, since I believe you will be cunning enough to find him to-morrow at the alehouse."
From History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding
We will be cunning; next time he comes tell him I have gone far away.
From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Carl Lumholtz
