cunning

Senso (Inglese)

Adj

1. Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
2. (obsolete) Skillful, artful.
3. (obsolete) Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious.
4. (Maine, colloquial, dated) Cute, appealing.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Practical knowledge or experience; aptitude in performance; skill, proficiency; dexterity.
2. (countable, uncountable) Practical skill employed in a secret or crafty manner; craft; artifice; skillful deceit; art or magic.
3. (countable, uncountable) The disposition to employ one's skill in an artful manner; craftiness; guile; artifice; skill of being cunning, sly, conniving, or deceitful.
4. (countable, uncountable) The natural wit or instincts of an animal.
5. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Knowledge; learning; special knowledge (sometimes implying occult or magical knowledge).

Concetti

furbo

astuto

scaltro

furberia

astuzia

furbesco

furba

furbizia

scaltra

abilità

arte

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prudente

vispo

inganno

intelligente

matricolato

sornione

volpone

svegliatezza

cazzuto

volpina

scaltre

furbizia contadina

matricolta

capacità

destrezza

perizia

saggio

stratagemma

sveglio

tecnica

bravura

callido

dotto

dritto

espediente

ingegnoso

manipolazione

sinonimi

sly

crafty

shrewd

wily

clever

craftiness

tricky

craft

slyness

smart

astute

guile

artful

foxy

deceitful

trick

deceit

skillful

sharp

artifice

artfulness

canny

shifty

dodgy

nimble

cautious

cagey

trickery

calculating

wiliness

devious

cleverness

skill

cute

sneaky

wiles

slick

ingenious

guileful

astuteness

knavish

skillfulness

shrewdness

foxiness

subtle

ruse

resourceful

alert

stratagem

tricksy

Traduzioni

schlau

rusé

listig

astuto

malin

astuto

abgefeimt

arglistig

gewitzt

gerissen

astucieux

kurnaz

gewiegt

listig

slim

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈkʌnɪŋ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: cunning

Ereditato da inglese medio: cunninde

Ereditato da inglese antico: cunnende

Affine scozzese: cunnand

Affine tedesco: könnend

Affine islandese: kunnandi

Ereditato da inglese antico: *cunning

Ereditato da inglese antico: cunnung

In summary

From Middle English cunning, kunning, konnyng, alteration of earlier Middle English cunninde, kunnende, cunnand, from Old English cunnende, present participle of cunnan (“to know how to, be able to”), equivalent to con + -ing. Cognate with Scots cunnand (“cunning”), German könnend (“able to do”), Icelandic kunnandi (“cunning”). More at con, can.