Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The character of being cunning.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Quality of being cunning; craft.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable The state or quality of being
cunning - noun countable A cunning act
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Examples
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This cunningness was aptly rewarded when she earned two boons from him at a very critical juncture.
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Seeing the "way" of reason -- its "cunningness" -- is one of those insights only visible to astute observers, according to Hegel, at the end of history.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Franz-Stefan Gady 2011
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The same kind of cunningness is shown by the engineers who look at things like quantum mechanics and use them to invent the MOS transistor, and from there, figure out how to mass produce vastly complex integrated logic circuits for pennies.
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The same kind of cunningness is shown by the engineers who look at things like quantum mechanics and use them to invent the MOS transistor, and from there, figure out how to mass produce vastly complex integrated logic circuits for pennies.
Snell-Pym » C++ 2009
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Thro out the history, British had ruled any country only using its "cunningness" ...
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Thro out the history, British had ruled any country only using its "cunningness" ...
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Thro out the history, British had ruled any country only using its "cunningness" ...
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All your aggression, all your strategy, all your cunningness is now left into a game.
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With a little bit of knowledge of code coupled with cunningness, a hacker can cause havoc to the users of these phones, whether it is blackberry or iPhone or Windows Mobile.
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Neville's cunningness brings to life everyone from Catherine the Great to Napoleon, from Jacques-Louis David to Wordsworth and makes you wonder if their contribution to history hasn't been mis-stated.
Archive 2008-09-01 Jan 2008
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