Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Skilled in or marked by underhandedness, deviousness, or deception.
- adjective Chiefly British Skillful; dexterous.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Possessing or displaying skill, especially manual skill or art: as, “crafty work,”
- Skilful in devising and executing schemes, especially secret or evil schemes; cunning; artful; wily; sly.
- Characterized by or springing from craft or deceit: as, crafty wiles.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous.
- adjective Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful.
- adjective Skillful at deceiving others; characterized by craft; cunning; wily.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Relating to, or characterized by,
craft orskill ;dexterous . - adjective Possessing
dexterity ;skilled ;skillful . - adjective Skillful at
deceiving others; characterized bycraft ;cunning ;wily .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective marked by skill in deception
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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