cunningness

NOUN

device

Synonyms

STRONGEST

design method strategy

STRONG

artifice cabal chicanery craft craftiness dodge evasion expedient fake feint finesse gambit game gimmick improvisation loophole machination pattern plan plot project proposition purpose racket ruse shift stratagem stunt subterfuge trap trick wile

WEAK

clever move

Antonyms

STRONG

frankness honesty ignorance openness reality truthfulness

Example Sentences

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Cunningness and respectability usually go hand in hand.

From Walter Pieterse A Story of Holland by Multatuli