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Pronounce Cunning as K UW N N IY N G.

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    Cunning phonetic transcription:

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    • Traditional IPA representation of cunning: /kunnɪnɡ/
    • Modern IPA representation of cunning: /cʊnnɪnɡ/

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    List of meaning for cunning

    something done skillfully or with clever deception

    craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness(noun)

    shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

    cunning(adj)

    crafty artfulness (especially in deception)

    cunning, cute(adj)

    attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness

    "a cute kid with pigtails"; "a cute little apartment"; "cunning kittens"; "a cunning baby"

    crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily(adj)

    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"

    clever, cunning, ingenious(adj)

    showing inventiveness and skill

    "a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious solution to the problem"

    clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means

    a cunning, underhanded plan to win the election by preying on people's fears and prejudices

    skillful with the hands

    only the most cunning cabinetmaker could have crafted such a beautifully proportioned chest of drawers

    skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means

    the cunning with which Tom Sawyer was able to get others to whitewash the fence for him

    subtle or imaginative ability in inventing, devising, or executing something

    the unmatched cunning of the scout who led them safely through the trackless wilderness

    the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery

    used cunning and subterfuge to lure unwitting victims into the fraudulent scheme

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    1. An indiscreet assassin will simply attack their target directly, rather than bother with cunning or moving in the shadows.

    2. Despite the complex security systems in modern vehicles, cunning thieves still manage to get away with thousands of cars and trucks every year.

    3. The wiles of a cunning fox are difficult for a hunter to compete with, even if he is experienced and skilled.

    4. A cunning manipulator, Mr. Wolf was able to convince Little Red Riding Hood that he was a sweet granny.

    5. In the battle of the sexes, the cunning woman will always let the man win because she is the one who will ultimately take home the prize.

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    Quotes and sayings containing the term cunning

    In a world full of wolves, a person with a faithful quality of dog is often ignored by the people whereas the unreliable ones remain regularly surrounded by their so-called friends who have a quality of selfish & cunning foxes.

    – Anuj Somany

    He is a very cunning and dangerous individual.

    – Lee Bates

    He broke out of jail before. He is a cunning individual, no question about it, and a vicious individual. he can make friends easy. He's a master manipulator.

    – Lee Bates

    A person who has a nature of crafty & cunning fox gets in the same proportion the people around oneself as friends or folks with each of them talks sweet often before that guy, but behind does all backbiting or bitching about him/her

    – Anuj Somany

    Literature is a defense against the attacks of life. It says to life: You can't deceive me. I know your habits, foresee and enjoy watching all your reactions, and steal your secret by involving you in cunning obstructions that halt your normal flow.

    – Cesare Pavese

    Lord, with what care hast Thou begirt us round! Parents first season us; then schoolmasters deliver us to laws; they send us bound to rules of reason, holy messengers, pulpits and Sundays, sorrow dogging sin, afflictions sorted, anguish of all sizes, fine nets and stratagems to catch us in, bibles laid open, millions of surprises, blessings beforehand, ties of gratefulness, the sound of glory ringing in our ears: without, our shame; within, our consciences; angels and grace, eternal hopes and fears. Yet all these fences and their whole array one cunning bosom-sin blows quite away.

    – George Herbert

    He who devises evil for another falls at last into his own pit, and the most cunning finds himself caught by what he had prepared for another. But virtue without guile, erect like the lofty palm, rises with greater vigour when it is oppressed.

    – Metastasio

    Nothing is more damaging to a state than that cunning men pass for wise.

    – Francis Bacon

    I would like to see someone that's very tough and that can negotiate with the Democrats, and I don't know that he's that person, we need somebody that's a very, very tough, smart, cunning person. I don't know that that's him, and obviously this statement hurt him pretty badly in the eyes of some, unfortunately.

    – Donald Trump

    In the Norse mythology Loki originally was on the side of the rest of the gods, helping them once or twice using a particularly nast forms of trickery. He was a cunning negotiator with a talent for technicalities. He was sort of the Norse equivalent of a lawyer, no doubt the reason they tied him down in a pit dripping acidic venom on him.

    – Martin Terman

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