All 4 Uses of
cunning
in
Catch-22
- 'With whose name?' asked the second C.I.D. man cunningly.†
Chpt 9cunningly = in a manner that is clever and typically that includes tricking others
- 'Do you remember that girl who was hitting me over the head with that shoe in that apartment in Rome, when we were both naked?' he asked with a look of cunning expectation.†
Chpt 22 *cunning = good at achieving goals through cleverness and deception
- Milo's face narrowed cunningly.†
Chpt 24cunningly = in a manner that is clever and typically that includes tricking others
- Orr watched him cunningly with a noiseless grin.†
Chpt 28
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.