All 3 Uses of
cunning
in
Arrowsmith
- He had, with blurry cunning, saved most of the hundred dollars he had taken from Clif; he had lived— very badly, on grease—swimming stews and soda-reeking bread—by what he earned along the way.†
Chpt 9
- Leora had cunning.†
Chpt 27 *
- Suddenly Martin hated the blue-and-gold velvet of the car, the cunningly hid gold box of cigarettes, all this soft and smothering prison.†
Chpt 40
Definition:
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(cunning as in: a cunning thief) being good at achieving goals through cleverness -- and typically through deception as well (tricking others)