All 4 Uses
cunning
in
Much Ado About Nothing
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- Be cunning in the working this, and thy fee is a thousand ducats.†
Scene 2.2cunning = good at achieving goals through cleverness and deception
- Be you constant in the accusation, and my cunning shall not shame me.†
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- what authority and show of truth Can cunning sin cover itself withal.†
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- this learned constable is too cunning to be understood.†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(cunning as in: a cunning thief) being good at achieving goals through cleverness -- and typically through deception as well (tricking others)
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) At one time, cunning was also used as a synonym for cute.