canny

Significat (Anglès)

Adj

1. Careful, prudent, cautious.
2. Knowing, shrewd, astute.
3. Frugal, thrifty.
4. (Northumbria, Scotland) Friendly, pleasant, fair, agreeable; (sometimes) funny.
5. (Northumbria, Scotland) Gentle, quiet, steady.
6. (Northumbria, Scotland) pretty, quite, very.

Adv

1. (Northumbria, not-comparable) Very, considerably; quite, rather.
2. (Northumbria, Scotland, not-comparable) Gently, quietly; carefully, skilfully.

Conceptes

enginyós

espavilat

llest

econòmic

Sinònims

shrewd

astute

sharp

cunning

cagey

sly

cautious

skillful

tricky

foxy

crafty

artful

wily

calculating

dodgy

shifty

clever

nimble

cagy

chary

parlous

bright

intelligent

smart

chary of

ingenious

keen

knowing

mindful

neat

noncommittal

observing

offish

painstaking

politic

proficient

prudent

qualified

quiet

regardful

reserved

restrained

sharp-witted

skilled

snug

sparing

spiffy

subtile

subtle

tactful

Traduccions

schlau

hinterlistig

abgefeimt

gewieft

pffifig

schlaukopf

listig

findig

arglistig

kurnaz

gerissen

gewiegt

gewitzt

hilebaz

idareli

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈkæni/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb escocès: canny

Cognat amb anglès antic: cann

In summary

Northern English dialect, from can (“to know”) ( + -y), from Middle English can, first and third person singular of cunnen, connen (“to be able, know how to”), from Old English cunnan (“to know how to, be able to”). Compare Scots canny, English cunny, Old English cann (“knowledge, assertion”). More at can, cunning.