skill employed in a shrewd or sly manner, as in deceiving; craftiness; guile.

adeptness in performance; dexterity

The weaver's hand lost its cunning.

showing or made with ingenuity.

artfully subtle or shrewd; crafty; sly.

Informal . charmingly cute or appealing

a cunning little baby.

Archaic . skillful; expert.

Obsolete . ppr. of can 1 .

adjective

gullible , kind , naive , shy , unclever , unimaginative

adjective

acute , artful , astute , cagey , canny , crafty , crazy like fox , deep , fancy footwork , foxy , guileful , insidious , keen , knowing , machiavellian , sharp , shifty , shrewd , slick , slippery , sly , sly boots , smart , smarts , smooth , street-smart , streetwise , subtle , tricky , wary , wily , able , adroit , clever , crackerjack * , deft , dexterous , ingenious , intelligent , masterful , skillful , slighty , well-laid , well-planned , scheming , arch , art , artistic , callid , chicanery , curious , daedalian , deceit , deceitful , deceptive , designing , devious , dextrous , diplomatic , disingenuous , duplicitous , expedient , finesse , guile , imaginative , intriguing , parlous , pretty , sagacious , savvy , sleight , unscrupulous , wile , wiles

noun

artfulness , artifice , craft , craftiness , foxiness , guile , slyness , wiliness , deceitfulness , deception , double-dealing , duplicity , shiftiness