All 4 Uses
cunning
in
Mrs. Warren's Profession
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- CROFTS [catching him up cunningly] You know for certain that I'm not?†
Act 1cunningly = in a manner that is clever and typically that includes tricking others
- He grins; leans forward with his elbows on his knees to prod with his stick at some unfortunate insect in the grass; and looks cunningly at her.†
Act 3 *
- [With a cunning gleam in her eye] I'll double it: I was intending to double it†
Act 4cunning = good at achieving goals through cleverness and deception
- But the cunning expression comes back into Mrs Warren's face; and she bends across the table, sly and urgent, half whispering.]†
Act 4
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.