cannily

Example Sentences

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Duncan cannily emphasized its potential boon for grocery-store owners, playing those business interests against the legislators.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

But the prime minister is cannily exploiting the divisions among them.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Wine has sought to broaden his appeal beyond Kampala and his native Buganda region, cannily adopting the national flag as his symbol, which has drawn the ire of the authorities.

From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026

The actors surrounding Thatcher, meanwhile, are a cannily calibrated bunch of game pieces in motion, with Gage making solidly funny use of performative handsomeness, looks that just as easily morph into a worrying blankness.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2025

Dr. Trefusis shrank back, eyed me cannily, and ceased to chew.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson