crafty /ˈkræfti/
(a.)狡詐的,詭計多端的,巧妙的
Craft·y a.
1. Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous. [Obs.] “Crafty work.”
2. Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful.
A noble crafty man of trees. --Wyclif.
3. Skillful at deceiving others; characterized by craft; cunning; wily. “A pair of crafty knaves.”
With anxious care and crafty wiles. --J. Baillie.
Syn: -- Skillful; dexterous; cunning; artful; wily; sly; fraudulent; deceitful; subtle; shrewd. See Cunning.
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crafty
adj : marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for
wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme";
"a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dik";
"a wily old attorney" [syn: cunning, dodgy, foxy,
guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky,
wily]
[also: craftiest, craftier]