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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. marked by skill in deception;
- Example: "cunning men often pass for wise"
- Example: "deep political machinations"
- Example: "a foxy scheme"
- Example: "a slick evasive answer"
- Example: "sly as a fox"
- Example: "tricky Dick"
- Example: "a wily old attorney"
[syn: crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Crafty \Craft"y\ (kr?ft"?), a. [AS. cr[ae]ftig.]
   1. Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill;
      dexterous. [Obs.] "Crafty work." --Piers Plowman.
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   2. Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful.
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            A noble crafty man of trees.          --Wyclif.
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   3. Skillful at deceiving others; characterized by craft;
      cunning; wily. "A pair of crafty knaves." --Shak.
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            With anxious care and crafty wiles.   --J. Baillie.

   Syn: Skillful; dexterous; cunning; artful; wily; sly;
        fraudulent; deceitful; subtle; shrewd. See Cunning.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

crafty
    adj 1: 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, cunning, dodgy,
           foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy,
           tricky, wily]