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canny
acute, cheeseparing, deliberate, forehanded, insidious, on guard, quick-witted, sharp-witted, smooth, supple, uncommunicative
Definition
adj.
showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
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He is quite a
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"Elshie,
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Father Elshie."
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He had an agreeable smile--
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, yet open.
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CANNY, prudent, skillful, lucky.
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CANNY, cautious, lucky.
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Canny, quiet, cautious, snug.
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"Canny now, lads,
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now."
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"Canny, ye silly tawpie."
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But ye were aye a
canny
wife.
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The Borghesi, with
canny
haste under the short-lived Gregory XV.
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However, our prospectors had been
canny
, they said; though young Mr.
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