Both Uses of
cunning
in
Harry Potter (#7) and the Deathly Hallows
- But Death was cunning.†
Chpt 21 *
- He was rolling his wand between his fingers, watching it, his thoughts on the room in the castle, the secret room only he had ever found, the room, like the chamber, that you had to be clever and cunning and inquisitive to discover…He was confident that the boy would not find the diadem…although Dumbledore's puppet had come much farther than he ever expected…too far… "My Lord," said a voice, desperate and cracked.†
Chpt 32
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)