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Meaning of cunning | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard

ˈkʌnɪŋ

Definitions

Practical knowledge or experience; aptitude in performance; skill, proficiency; dexterity.
countable, uncountable
A surname.
Practical skill employed in a secret or crafty manner; craft; artifice; skillful deceit; art or magic.
countable, uncountable
The disposition to employ one's skill in an artful manner; craftiness; guile; artifice; skill of being cunning, sly, conniving, or deceitful.
countable, uncountable
The natural wit or instincts of an animal.
countable, uncountable
Knowledge; learning; special knowledge (sometimes implying occult or magical knowledge).
countable, obsolete, uncountable

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العربية الخداع ماكر مراوغة

Беларуская хітры

Български изкусен лукав сръчен хитър

Bosanski prefriganac ruža префриганац

Català astut murri

Čeština mazaný Milý obratný prohnaný rozkošný šikovný Sladký úskočnost vychytralý

Dansk listig snedig

Deutsch abgefeimt Abgefeimtheit ausgefuchst ausgeklügelt clever durchtrieben gefinkelt gefitzt gerissen Gerissenheit geschickt gewandt gewieft gewitzt hinterlistig List listenreich listig Listigkeit schlau

Ελληνικά αλωπεκή μπαμπέσης πονηριά

Esperanto ruza

Español artero astuto cuco ingenioso listo mono perillán pícaro pillo taimado

فارسی رند مکار

Suomi kiero ovela oveluus taitava viekkaus

Français ruse talentueux

Gaeilge glic

Galego arteiro galdrido pillabán renarte xistrón

עברית מזמה

हिन्दी चतुराई चालाकी

Hrvatski prefriganac ruža префриганац

Magyar alattomos csalafinta cseles dörzsölt ravasz ügyes

Հայերեն խորամանկ

Italiano astuto furbo ingegnoso

日本語奸智奸知姦智巧妙な悪気毚狡狡猾な

ქართული ეშმაკი ცბიერი

한국어 慧毚猾 교활하다

Kurdî mûrrî şîret

Latina callidus vafer versūtus

Lietuvių gudrus

Nederlands bedreven doortrapt geslepen handig leep sluw

Polski adres chytrus chytry cwany filuteria obrót przebiegły spryt sprytny umiejętny wprawny zręczny

Português astuto esperto matreiro

Română priceput Siret viclean

Русский дошлый иску́сный коварный ло́вкий лукавый проны́рливый уме́лый хитрый

Slovenčina chytrý

Српски prefriganac ruža префриганац

Svenska list listig slug

ไทย เหลี่ยม

Tagalog tuso

Türkçe cerbeze

Українська лукавий хитрий

Tiếng Việt láu lỉnh trí xảo xảo quyệt xảo trá

Examples

“indeed at this very moment he's slipped away with the utmost cunning into a form that's most perplexing to investigate.”

“Caliban: As I told thee before, I am subject to a tyrant, a sorcerer that by his cunning hath cheated me of the island.”

“the cunning of the fox or hare”

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