- 1(disapproving) able to get what you want in a skillful way, especially by tricking or cheating someone synonym crafty, wily a cunning liar He was as cunning as a fox.
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- 2skillful and creative synonym ingenious It was a cunning piece of detective work.
adverb The microphone was cunningly concealed in the bookcase.See cunning in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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