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Definition of Craftiness
1. Noun. Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception.
Generic synonyms: Astuteness, Perspicaciousness, Perspicacity, Shrewdness
Derivative terms: Crafty, Crafty, Foxy, Sly, Wily
2. Noun. The quality of being crafty.
Generic synonyms: Disingenuousness
Derivative terms: Deceitful, Deceitful
Definition of Craftiness
1. n. Dexterity in devising and effecting a purpose; cunning; artifice; stratagem.
Definition of Craftiness
1. Noun. Skill in deception, slyness ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Craftiness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Craftiness
Literary usage of Craftiness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Exposition of the Second Epistle to the Corinthians by Charles Hodge (1862)
"But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness,
nor handling the word of God deceitfully ; but by manifestation of the truth ..."
2. The Works of Jonathan Edwards: With a Memoir of His Life and Character by Jonathan Edwards, Tryon Edwards (1854)
"As the several expressions of dishonesty, craftiness, deceit, are but exegetical
of each other, they need not be considered distinctly ; the sum of what is ..."
3. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1876)
"We have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness,
nor handling the word of God deceitfully : but by manifestation of the truth, ..."
4. Church History by Johann Heinrich Kurtz (1894)
"The craftiness of the members of this order, their diplomatic acts, their
machinations, their practice in controversy, succeeded in some cases in fanning ..."
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