All 5 Uses of
cunning
in
The Return of the King
- Though I do not doubt that Wormtongue at home wrapped their meaning in terms more cunning.†
Chpt 5.8
- And he entered the service of the Dark Tower when it first rose again, and because of his cunning he grew ever higher in the Lord's favour; and he learned great sorcery, and knew much of the mind of Sauron; and he was more cruel than any orc.†
Chpt 5.10
- Its eastern face stood up in three great tiers from a shelf in the mountain-wall far below; its back was to a great cliff behind, from which it jutted out in pointed bastions, one above the other, diminishing as they rose, with sheer sides of cunning masonry that looked north-east and south-east.†
Chpt 6.1
- Then Eowyn gave to Merry an ancient horn, small but cunningly wrought all of fair silver with a baldric of green; and wrights had engraven upon it swift horsemen riding in a line that wound about it from the tip to the mouth; and there were set runes of great virtue.†
Chpt 6.6
- Treebeard gave Gandalf a long look, a most cunning look, Merry thought.†
Chpt 6.6 *
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)