Meaning of cunning in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

adjective

• Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.

• Skillful, artful.

• Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious.

  Example: cunning work

• Cute, appealing.

  Example: a cunning little boy

noun

• Practical knowledge or experience; aptitude in performance; skill, proficiency; dexterity.

• Practical skill employed in a secret or crafty manner; craft; artifice; skillful deceit; art or magic.

• The disposition to employ one's skill in an artful manner; craftiness; guile; artifice; skill of being cunning, sly, conniving, or deceitful.

• The natural wit or instincts of an animal.

  Example: the cunning of the fox or hare

• Knowledge; learning; special knowledge (sometimes implying occult or magical knowledge).