All 4 Uses
cunning
in
The 5th Wave
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- I will empty you of grief and guilt and self-pity and fill you up with hate and cunning and the spirit of vengeance.†
p. 131.7 *cunning = good at achieving goals through cleverness and deception
- My guilt for cunning.†
p. 226.5
- We are one, you and I. Brothers in hate, brothers in cunning, brothers in the spirit of vengeance.†
p. 263.8
- They filled us up with hate and cunning and the spirit of vengeance.†
p. 309.4
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.