Cunning vs. Shrewd

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Cunningadjective

Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.

Cunningadjective

(obsolete) Skillful, artful.

Cunningadjective

(obsolete) Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious.

Cunningadjective

Cute, appealing.

Cunningnoun

Practical knowledge or experience; aptitude in performance; skill, proficiency; dexterity.

Cunningnoun

Practical skill employed in a secret or crafty manner; craft; artifice; skillful deceit.

Cunningnoun

The disposition to employ one's skill in an artful manner; craftiness; guile; artifice; skill of being cunning, sly, conniving, or deceitful.

Cunningnoun

The natural wit or instincts of an animal.

Cunningnoun

(obsolete) Knowledge; learning; special knowledge (sometimes implying occult or magical knowledge).

Cunningadjective

Knowing; skillful; dexterous.

Cunningadjective

Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious; curious; as, cunning work.

Cunningadjective

Crafty; sly; artful; designing; deceitful.

Cunningadjective

Pretty or pleasing; as, a cunning little boy.

Cunningnoun

Knowledge; art; skill; dexterity.

Cunningnoun

The faculty or act of using stratagem to accomplish a purpose; fraudulent skill or dexterity; deceit; craft.

Cunningnoun

shrewdness in deception;

Cunningnoun

shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

Cunningnoun

drafty artfulness (especially in deception)

Cunningadjective

attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness;

Cunningadjective

marked by skill in deception;

Cunningadjective

showing inventiveness and skill;

Shrewdadjective

Showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters.

Shrewdadjective

Artful, tricky or cunning.

Shrewdadjective

(informal) Streetwise.

Shrewdadjective

Knowledgeable, intelligent, keen.

Shrewdadjective

Nigh accurate.

Shrewdadjective

Severe, intense, hard.

Shrewdadjective

Sharp, snithy, piercing.

Shrewdadjective

(archaic) Bad, evil, threatening.

Shrewdadjective

(obsolete) Portending, boding.

Shrewdadjective

(archaic) Noxious, scatheful, mischievous.

Shrewdadjective

(obsolete) Abusive, shrewish.

Shrewdadjective

(archaic) Scolding, satirical, sharp.

Shrewdadjective

Inclining to shrew; disposing to curse or scold; hence, vicious; malicious; evil; wicked; mischievous; vexatious; rough; unfair; shrewish.

Shrewdadjective

Artful; wily; cunning; arch.

Shrewdadjective

Able or clever in practical affairs; sharp in business; astute; sharp-witted; sagacious; keen; as, a shrewd observer; a shrewd design; a shrewd reply.

Shrewdadjective

marked by practical hardheaded intelligence;

Shrewdadjective

used of persons;

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