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1. Attractive especially by means of smallness, prettiness or quaintness
   "cunning kittens"; "a cunning baby";
   - cute
    
2. Marked by skill in deception
   "cunning men often pass for wise";
   - crafty, dodgy [Brit], foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily
    
3. Showing inventiveness and skill
   "the cunning manoeuvres leading to his success";
   - clever, ingenious

1. Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
   - craft, craftiness, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness
    
2. Crafty artfulness (especially in deception)

Derived forms: cunninger, cunnings, cunningest

See also: adroit, artful, attractive

Type of: artfulness, astuteness, perspicaciousness, perspicacity, shrewdness

Encyclopedia: Cunning