Both Uses of
cunning
in
Babbitt
- Facing them, on two movable leather chairs, were Paul and a lanky, old-fashioned man, very cunning, with wrinkles bracketing his mouth.†
Chpt 10
- He towed her about the room, bumping into other couples, into the radiator, into chair-legs cunningly ambushed.†
Chpt 29 *
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)