Both Uses of
cunning
in
Jacob Have I Loved
- You have earned it with your great cunning and bravery.†
Chpt 5cunning = good at achieving goals through cleverness and deception
- Despite all my cunning, I came in one afternoon to find her generously slathering her hands with my Jergen's.†
Chpt 12 *
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.