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• canniest — can·ny || kænɪ adj. cautious; cunning, shrewd …   English contemporary dictionary

• canniest — superlative of canny …   Useful english dictionary

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• canny — canniness, n. /kan ee/, adj., cannier, canniest, adv. adj. 1. careful; cautious; prudent: a canny reply. 2. astute; shrewd; knowing; sagacious: a canny negotiator. 3. skilled; expert. 4. frugal; thrifty: a canny housewife. 5. Scot. a …   Universalium

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• Christian Theodore Pedersen — (23 December 1876 – 20 June 1969) was a Norwegian American seaman, whaling captain and fur trader active in Alaska, Canada, and the northern Pacific from the 1890s to the 1930s. He was called one of the canniest old skippers in the western arctic …   Wikipedia

• canny — [[t]kæ̱ni[/t]] cannier, canniest ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A canny person is clever and able to think quickly. You can also describe a person s behaviour as canny. He was far too canny to risk giving himself away... A canny investor would need to… …   English dictionary

• canny — adjective (cannier, canniest) 1》 shrewd, especially in financial or business matters. 2》 N. English & Scottish pleasant; nice. Derivatives cannily adverb canniness noun Origin C16 (orig. Scots): from can1 (in the obs. sense know …   English new terms dictionary

• canny — UK [ˈkænɪ] / US adjective Word forms canny : adjective canny comparative cannier superlative canniest good at judging situations, especially in business, and careful not to be tricked …   English dictionary

• canny — /ˈkæni / (say kanee) adjective (cannier, canniest) 1. careful; cautious; wary: *Quick said: I ve read Schopenhauer , and he denounced all canny bachelors. –christina stead, 1944. 2. knowing; sagacious; shrewd; astute: *He has only to report, and… …