foxiness
Example Sentences
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The columnist is even willing to bypass foxiness and hedgehoghood to become a guinea pig: You want to know if it is possible to teach a 38-year-old how to drive a stick shift?
From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2013
But when Washington finally got around to "clarifying" its action, it turned out that both these schools of thought had vastly overestimated Washington's foxiness.
From Time Magazine Archive
Less convincing than his generosity was Cineman Fox's foxiness.
From Time Magazine Archive
He longed to emulate the black renegade, Fagan, but having none of Fagan's "foxiness" or ability, he was soon laid by the heels.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908. by Various
Yet now Baltook came, and made it seem all odd again, because he carried with him the foxiness of things which had always remained foxy since the beginning of the world!
From Dusty Star by Olaf Baker
