The Only Use of
cunning
in
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
- There, in the warm litter above the melons, very cunningly hidden, he found twenty-five eggs, about the size of a bantam's eggs, but with whitish skin instead of shell.†
Chpt Allcunningly = in a manner that is clever and typically that includes tricking others
Definitions:
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(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.