All 4 Uses
cunning
in
Growing Up, by Baker
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- I was too cunning for that.†
Chpt 12 *cunning = good at achieving goals through cleverness and deception
- Cunningly, I started hundreds of conversations in which I knew he would be hopelessly lost.†
Chpt 12cunningly = in a manner that is clever and typically that includes tricking others
- The cunning lay in making him miserable without resorting to open insult.†
Chpt 12cunning = good at achieving goals through cleverness and deception
- My mother was more cunning than Ida Rebecca.†
Chpt 16
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.