Both Uses of
cunning
in
Cyrano de Bergerac
- More by token, I myself have exposed this cunning plan of his to the world, in a song which...Ho!†
Act 1cunning = good at achieving goals through cleverness and deception
- (Bowing, with admiration, to Roxane): Cunningly contrived†
Act 3 *cunningly = in a manner that is clever and typically that includes tricking others
Definitions:
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(1)
(cunning as in: a cunning thief) being good at achieving goals through cleverness -- and typically through deception as well (tricking others)
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) At one time, cunning was also used as a synonym for cute.