canniness

as inart
as inprecaution
as inone-upmanship
as incalculation
as inprudence
as incaution
as incraftiness
as infoxiness
as incleverness
as inslyness
as incraft
as indiscretion
as inforesight
as inforethought

Synonyms for canniness

noun cunning

Antonyms for canniness

Word Origin & History

1630s, Scottish and northern English formation from can (v.1) in its sense of "know how to," + -y (2). "Knowing," hence, "careful." A doublet of cunning that flowed into distinct senses. Often used superciliously of Scots by their southern neighbors (and their American cousins).

Related: Cannily; canniness.

Example Sentences for canniness

Malcolm, with the canniness of his kind, at once told her he had had no luck.

A dog is singularly destitute in what is called in Scotland, canniness.

Carson, with the canniness so characteristic of the American, was not to be so easily convinced.

It was in the morning that the landlady showed her canniness.

He gave a remarkable proof of his canniness in the successful outcome of his bargaining with the trustees of the British Museum.

People looked askance upon them as Scots, while innkeepers hated them for their poverty and their canniness.

Andrew Carnegie tells a good story illustrating the canniness of the Scot.

He was, in a way, a Paul Revere spreading intelligence, and with Scotch canniness made a good bargain for himself.

With the canniness of her new-found love, Avice approached the subject in a roundabout way.

The verses rang with New England canniness, and the familiar dialect acquired a dignity never before acknowledged.

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