Both Uses
cunning
in
The Tempest
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- Hence, bashful cunning!†
Scene 3.1cunning = good at achieving goals through cleverness and deception
- As I told thee before, I am subject to a tyrant, sorcerer, that by his cunning hath cheated me of the island.†
Scene 3.2 *
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.