Both Uses of
cunning
in
Pygmalion
- When he opens it he is confronted with a dainty and exquisitely clean young Japanese lady in a simple blue cotton kimono printed cunningly with small white jasmine blossoms.†
Act 2
- DOOLITTLE [sad but magnanimous] They played you off very cunning, Eliza, them two sportsmen.†
Act 5 *
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)