crafty

Betekenis (Engels)

1. Skillful at deceiving others.
2. Sneaky; surreptitious.
3. Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous.
4. Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful.
5. (dated) Magical or occult, or allegedly so.

Sinonieme

cunning

sly

wily

tricky

shrewd

artful

astute

clever

foxy

deceitful

sharp

smart

cagey

dodgy

shifty

nimble

canny

skillful

calculating

sneaky

cautious

treacherous

scheming

guileful

fraudulent

slick

knavish

insidious

tricksy

resourceful

politic

villainous

evil

arch

dishonest

vulpine

wicked

pawky

dexterous

subtle

devious

designing

slippery

roguish

fly

✈️

false

downy

deadpan

disloyal

mestizo

Vertalings

listig

schlau

astuto

rusé

abgefeimt

gewitzt

arglistig

gewiegt

gerissen

kurnaz

malin

astuto

listig

astuto

hinterlistig

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈkɹæfti/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: crafty

Geërf van Old English: cræftiġ

Verwante met Saterfriesisch: kräftich

Verwante met Fries: krêftich

Verwante met Nederlands: krachtig

Verwante met Duits: kräftig

In summary

From Middle English crafty, crefty, craftiȝ, from Old English cræftiġ (“ingenious; skilful; crafty; cunning; virtuous; powerful”), from Proto-West Germanic *kraftag, *kraftīg, *kraftug, from Proto-Germanic *kraftugaz (“powerful”), equivalent to craft + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian kräftich, krääftig, West Frisian krêftich, Dutch krachtig, German Low German krachtig, German kräftig.