1. Marked by skill in deception
   "cunning men often pass for wise";
   - crafty, dodgy [Brit, informal], foxy, guileful, knavish, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily
    
2. Showing inventiveness and skill
   "the cunning manoeuvres leading to his success";
   - clever, ingenious
    
3. Attractive especially by means of smallness, prettiness or quaintness
   "cunning kittens"; "a cunning baby";
   - cute

1. Crafty artfulness (especially in deception)
   "The fox's cunning allowed it to evade the hunters"
    
2. Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
   "His cunning in business dealings made him both admired and feared";
   - craft, craftiness, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness

Derived forms: cunnings, cunningest, cunninger

See also: adroit, artful, attractive

Type of: artfulness, astuteness, perspicaciousness, perspicacity, shrewdness

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