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UK
/kɹˈɑːftɪnəs/
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NOUN
- the quality of being crafty
- shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
How To Use craftiness In A Sentence
- Well Helen has a knack for mixing up video game nerdiness with craftiness, and voila: the Prince from Katamari Damacy in embroidery! Boing Boing: May 14, 2006 - May 20, 2006 Archives
- Written on the Wind," for all its craftiness, is only a glossy soaper; it doesn't touch my heart, though it does tickle my funnybone. Fancy paints on memory's canvas/Scenes that we hold dear
- For a man does not deserve praise if he allows himself to be deceived, which is the object of craftiness; and yet a man deserves praise for allowing himself to be defrauded, according to 1 Cor. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province
- But of course, this is just what we should expect from Clinton and her politics of 'craftiness'. Obama camp out with new gas tax ad, Clinton camp fires back
- Although candor is praised over craftiness, history shows that leaders who practiced deceit overcame those that lived by their pledges.
- Written on the Wind," for all its craftiness, is only a glossy soaper; it doesn't touch my heart, though it does tickle my funnybone. Fancy paints on memory's canvas/Scenes that we hold dear
- 13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)
- Renounce therefore the hidden things of dishonesty, walk not in craftiness, nor handle God's word deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth, commend yourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02
- Unwanted gifts can be returned and, yes, even regifted, but doing so takes a certain measure of craftiness.
- As regards what he may do lawfully, a man can employ either lawful means, and such as are adapted to the end in view, which belongs to prudence; or he can use unlawful means, unsuitable to the proposed end, and this belongs to craftiness, which is exercised by fraud and guile, as shown above (Q. 55, AA. 3, seqq.). Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province