cunning
adj 1: attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or
quaintness; "a cute kid with pigtails"; "a cute little
apartment"; "cunning kittens"; "a cunning baby" [syn:
{cute}]
2: marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for
wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a
slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a
wily old attorney" [syn: {crafty}, {dodgy}, {foxy}, {guileful},
{knavish}, {slick}, {sly}, {tricksy}, {tricky}, {wily}]
3: showing inventiveness and skill; "a clever gadget"; "the
cunning maneuvers leading to his success""; "an ingenious
solution to the problem" [syn: {clever}, {ingenious}]
n 1: shrewdness in deception; "as cunning as a fox"
2: shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
[syn: {craft}, {craftiness}, {foxiness}, {guile}, {slyness},
{wiliness}]
3: drafty artfulness (especially in deception)