All 8 Uses of
cunning
in
The Hound of the Baskervilles
- The cunning rascal!†
Chpt 5cunning = good at achieving goals through cleverness and deception
- The light beneath him was reflected in his small, cunning eyes which peered fiercely to right and left through the darkness, like a crafty and savage animal who has heard the steps of the hunters.†
Chpt 9
- But, by heavens, cunning as he is, the fellow shall be in my power before another day is past!†
Chpt 12
- The fellow is wary and cunning to the last degree.†
Chpt 12
- There's the devilish cunning of it!†
Chpt 13
- "A cunning preparation of it," said Holmes, sniffing at the dead animal.†
Chpt 14
- It was a cunning device, for, apart from the chance of driving your victim to his death, what peasant would venture to inquire too closely into such a creature should he get sight of it, as many have done, upon the moor?†
Chpt 14
- You perceive the devilish cunning of it, for really it would be almost impossible to make a case against the real murderer.
Chpt 15 *cunning = cleverness
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) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
At one time, cunning was also used as a synonym for cute.