Both Uses of
canny
in
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
- Sometimes under her old-ladyish way of speaking he thought he detected a secret canniness, as though like a Delphic oracle she said things with hidden meanings, but he could never be sure.†
Part 4
- This was a rather legalistic maneuver, but Phaedrus by this time had developed a kind of combative canniness.†
Part 4 *
Definition:
cleverness in dealing with others -- especially in business