Both Uses of
cunning
in
I Am the Cheese
- He hadn't realized he could be so clever, so cunning.†
Chpt 6cunning = good at achieving goals through cleverness and deception
- But he would have to be clever, cunning.†
Chpt 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) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
At one time, cunning was also used as a synonym for cute.