Both Uses of
canny
in
Babbitt
- In politics and religion this Sane Citizen is the canniest man on earth; and in the arts he invariably has a natural taste which makes him pick out the best, every time.†
Chpt 14 *
- "I suppose maybe I'm kind of out of sorts to-night, but honest, honey, when I stayed away for a while to catch up on work and everything and figure out where I was at, you ought to have been cannier and waited till I came back.†
Chpt 31
Definition:
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(canny) cleverness in dealing with others -- especially in business