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1 cunning
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2 manoeuvre
[mə'nu:və] 1. noun1) (a planned movement (of troops, ships, aircraft, vehicles etc): Can you perform all the manoeuvres required by the driving test?) manéver2) (a skilful or cunning plan or action: His appointment was the result of many cunning manoeuvres.) manéver2. verb(to (cause to) perform manoeuvres: She had difficulty manoeuvring her car into the narrow space.) manévrovať* * *• vhodne spravovat• intriga• intrigovat• chytrý tah• konat manévre• manévrovat• manéver• manipulovat -
3 belie
present participle - belying; verb(to give a false idea or impression of (something): His innocent face belies his cunning.) odporovať (čomu), byť v rozpore s* * *• vytvárat klamnú predstavu• spreneverit -
4 craft
1) (an art or skill: the craft of wood-carving.) umenie2) ((plural craft) a boat or ship: sailing craft.) plavidlo3) (cunning or trickery: craft and deceit.) úskok•- crafty- craftily
- craftiness
- craftsman
- craftsmanship* * *• zrucnost• prehnanost• cech• remeslo• plavidlo• lstivost -
5 crafty
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6 engine
['en‹in] 1. noun1) (a machine in which heat or other energy is used to produce motion: The car has a new engine.) motor2) (a railway engine: He likes to sit in a seat facing the engine.) lokomotíva•- engineer 2. verb(to arrange by skill or by cunning means: He engineered my promotion.) zosnovať* * *• striekacka• stroj• rušen• prostriedok• lokomotíva• motor -
7 shifty
adjective (looking cunning and dishonest: I don't trust him - he has a very shifty look.) zradný; vyhýbavý* * *• vynaliezavý• vyhýbavý• záludný• zradný• prehnaný• prefíkaný• premenlivý• rafinovaný• kolísavý• nápaditý• nespolahlivý• nestály• nestatocný• obratný -
8 sly
1) (cunning or deceitful: He sometimes behaves in rather a sly manner.) prefíkaný, ľstivý2) (playfully mischievous: He made a sly reference to my foolish mistake.) zlomyseľný•- slyly- slily
- slyness* * *• vyhýbavý• zlomyselný• tajnostkársky• prehnaný• prefíkaný• jedovatý• pašovaný• lstivý• lišiacky• neúprimný -
9 subtle
1) (faint or delicate in quality, and therefore difficult to describe or explain: There is a subtle difference between `unnecessary' and `not necessary'; a subtle flavour.) nepatrný, jemný2) (clever or cunning: He has a subtle mind.) bystrý•- subtlety- subtly* * *• vysoko vyvinutý• zákerný• slabunký• tajomný• prenikavý• drobný• jemný• bystrý• chúlostivý• citlivý• detailný• rafinovaný• ostrý• prchavý• lahký• nepatrný• nežný -
10 wily
(crafty, cunning, sly etc: a wily old fox; He is too wily for the police to catch him.) prefíkaný- wiliness* * *• úskocný• prefíkaný• lstivý -
11 live by one's wits
(to live by cunning rather than by hard work.) žiť z vlastnej šikovnosti
См. также в других словарях:
Cunning — Cun ning (k[u^]n n[i^]ng), a. [AS. cunnan to know, to be able. See 1st {Con}, {Can}.] 1. Knowing; skillful; dexterous. A cunning workman. Ex. xxxviii. 23. [1913 Webster] Tis beauty truly blent, whose red and white Nature s own sweet and cunning… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cunning — Cun ning, n. [AS. cunnung trial, or Icel. kunnandi knowledge. See {Cunning}, a.] 1. Knowledge; art; skill; dexterity. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] Let my right hand forget her cunning. Ps. cxxxvii. 5. [1913 Webster] A carpenter s desert Stands more… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cunning — can also mean slip past or sneaky. Cunning can refer to the following: A Japanese comedy group known as Cunning (owarai) The Cunning folk, a type of folk magic user This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an … Wikipedia
cunning — adj 1 ingenious, *clever, adroit Analogous words: skillful, skilled, adept, *proficient, expert, masterly 2 crafty, tricky, artful, *sly, foxy, insidious, wily, guileful Analogous words: devious, oblique, *crooked … New Dictionary of Synonyms
cunning — [adj1] devious acute, artful, astute, cagey, canny, crafty, crazy like fox*, deep, fancy footwork*, foxy, guileful, insidious, keen, knowing, Machiavellian, sharp, shifty, shrewd, slick, slippery, sly, sly boots*, smart, smarts, smooth, street… … New thesaurus
cunning — index artful, artifice, clandestine, collusive, color (deceptive appearance), deceit, deception, deceptive, deft … Law dictionary
cunning — (adj.) early 14c., learned, skillful, prp. of cunnen to know (see CAN (Cf. can) (v.)). Sense of skillfully deceitful is probably late 14c. As a noun from c.1300. Related: Cunningly … Etymology dictionary
cunning — ► ADJECTIVE 1) skilled in achieving one s ends by deceit or evasion. 2) ingenious. 3) N. Amer. attractive; charming. ► NOUN 1) craftiness. 2) ingenuity. DERIVATIVES … English terms dictionary
cunning — [kun′iŋ] adj. [ME, having skill, knowing < prp. of cunnen, to know: see CAN1] 1. Now Rare skillful or clever 2. skillful in deception; sly; crafty 3. made or done with skill or ingenuity ☆ 4. attractive or pretty in a delicate way; cute n … English World dictionary
Cunning — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Cunning >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 cunning cunning craft Sgm: N 1 cunningness cunningness craftiness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 subtlety subtlety artificiality Sgm: N 1 maneuvering maneuvering … English dictionary for students
cunning — cun|ning1 [ˈkʌnıŋ] adj [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: Present participle of cun to know , an early form of can; CAN1] 1.) someone who is cunning is clever and good at deceiving people in order to get what they want = ↑crafty ▪ a cunning opponent 2.)… … Dictionary of contemporary English
