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cunningly

[kuhn-ing-lee] / ˈkʌn ɪŋ li /




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Copley has cunningly offered us, however, more than a pause in an artist’s actions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

Lily Tuck cunningly layers history and character to restore to life Czeslawa Kwoka, who died in Auschwitz.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2025

Passing sentence Judge Geoffery Baker QC described Saeed as a "charlatan", who had carried out a deception that had been "cunningly contrived, skilfully executed, and brazenly maintained over three decades".

From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2025

There’s much to appreciate about a show that cunningly strives not only to be deemed good but to make us redefine what that means.

From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2024

It was a snowdrop made of green glass and white glass, cunningly fashioned: it seemed as if it had been plucked from the meadow grass that very morning, and the dew was still upon it.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman


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