Definitions for craftiness

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

craft•yˈkræf ti, ˈkrɑf-(adj.)craft•i•er, craft•i•est.

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

  2. Dial. skillful.

Origin of crafty:

bef. 900; ME; OE cræftig skilled

craft′i•ness(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness(noun)

    shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

  2. craftiness, deceitfulness, guile(noun)

    the quality of being crafty

Wiktionary

  1. craftiness(Noun)

    Skill in deception, slyness

Webster Dictionary

  1. Craftiness(noun)

    dexterity in devising and effecting a purpose; cunning; artifice; stratagem


Translations for craftiness

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

craftiness(noun)

cunning and sly.

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