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1 cunning
• ovela• oveluus• neuvokas• nokkela• juonikas• viehkeä• vilpillinen• viekas• viekkaus• epärehellinen• soma• kavala• kavaluus• kekseliäs• kettumainen• kiero• petollinen• salakavala• taktinen• laskelmoiva• konnamainen• luihu* * *1. adjective1) (sly; clever in a deceitful way: cunning tricks.) ovela2) (clever: a cunning device.) näppärä2. noun(slyness or deceitful cleverness: full of cunning.) viekkaus -
2 by cunning
• viekkaudella -
3 with cunning
• viekkaasti -
4 manoeuvre
• ohjata• ovela menettelytapa• juoni• juonitella• aikaansaada• liike• liikutella• liikehtiä• menettely• menetellä ovelasti• manöveroida• manööveri• sotaharjoitus• taktikoida• käsitellä• käsitellä taitavasti* * *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?) manööveri2) (a skilful or cunning plan or action: His appointment was the result of many cunning manoeuvres.) taktikointi2. verb(to (cause to) perform manoeuvres: She had difficulty manoeuvring her car into the narrow space.) ohjata -
5 belie
• olla ristiriidassa• jäävätä• pettää* * *present participle - belying; verb(to give a false idea or impression of (something): His innocent face belies his cunning.) kätkeä alleen -
6 craft
• oveluus• toimi• juonikkuus• vene• viekkaus• ammattikunta• alukset• ammatti• alus• pursi• taito• käsityömarine• laiva* * *1) (an art or skill: the craft of wood-carving.) taito2) ((plural craft) a boat or ship: sailing craft.) alus3) (cunning or trickery: craft and deceit.) viekkaus•- crafty- craftily
- craftiness
- craftsman
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7 crafty
• ovela• hyvin suunniteltu• juonikas• viekas• epärehellinen• salakavala• laskelmoiva* * *adjective (cunning and sly.) viekas -
8 engine
technology• veturi (tek.)• veturi(tekniikka)technology• veturi• moottori• kone• koneisto* * *'en‹in 1. noun1) (a machine in which heat or other energy is used to produce motion: The car has a new engine.) moottori, kone2) (a railway engine: He likes to sit in a seat facing the engine.) veturi•- engineer 2. verb(to arrange by skill or by cunning means: He engineered my promotion.) järjestää -
9 live by one's wits
(to live by cunning rather than by hard work.) keinotella elantonsa -
10 shifty
• ovela• viekas* * *adjective (looking cunning and dishonest: I don't trust him - he has a very shifty look.) kiero -
11 sly
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12 subtle
• ovela• nokkela• hienoinen• hienon hieno• hieno• hienosyinen• herkkä• herkkävireinen• hienostunut• hiuksenhieno• viekas• aavistuksellinen• vaikeasti selitettävissä• terävä• monivivahteinen• salakavala• sukkela• subtiili• pieni* * *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.) hieno2) (clever or cunning: He has a subtle mind.) terävä•- subtlety- subtly -
13 wily
• viekas• kiero• salakavala• luihu* * *(crafty, cunning, sly etc: a wily old fox; He is too wily for the police to catch him.) juonikas- wiliness
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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
