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adj.clever, artful

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Schumer’s aw-shucks humblebrags conceal a canny, ambitious pol.

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It’s a canny parody of how Western media has focused on these concerns amid claims that K-pop stars are forbidden to date, have grueling training schedules, and face exacting pressure from their labels and rabid fans alike.

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Despite his lovey-dovey talk and reassurances about the bliss and safety that await her, Bilel is clearly a cunning viper engaged in his own dangerous fraud, thus further marking Profile as a canny, multifaceted snapshot of digital deception.

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Other portrayals of nature are rendered fantastic partly by the canny use of color.

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That’s what the canny retail investors spotted when they decided to target GameStop.

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Keen and canny, they drive a close bargain but, scrupulous and conscientious, fulfil it faithfully.

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He is a steady lad,’ your father said, ‘and a canny goer; and I doubt not he will come safe, and be well liked where he goes.

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After three years, during which he served me very faithfully, I transferred him to a Frenchman, Mr. Canny by name.'

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The august name of Wilkins's was in its essence so exclusive that vast numbers of fairly canny provincials had never heard of it.

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It had been mischievously started by Muriel and smilingly declined by three canny freshmen.

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