Both Uses
cunning
in
Harry Potter (#2) and the Chamber of Secrets
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- Voldemort might be a ruin of his former self, but he was still terrifying, still cunning, still determined to regain power.†
p. 8.6 *cunning = good at achieving goals through cleverness and deception
- He had a look of trollish cunning on his face as he replied, "Plenty of room for all of us, Wood."†
p. 110.8
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.