Both Uses of
cunning
in
Nine Stories
- I'm still around, but from here on in, for reasons I'm not at liberty to disclose, I've disguised myself so cunningly that even the cleverest reader will fail to recognize me.†
Story 6cunningly = in a manner that is clever and typically that includes tricking others
- Words and expressions to look up in library tomorrow when you return the books— Nephritis myriad gift horse cunning triumvirate Be nicer to librarian.†
Story 9 *cunning = good at achieving goals through cleverness and deception
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.