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cunning

/ˈkʌnɪŋ/ adjective C1
  1. Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
  2. Cute, appealing. (colloquial, dated)
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“Your native shrewdness, my dear Watson, that innate cunning which is the delight of your friends, would surely prevent you from inclosing cipher and message in the same envelope.
The Valley of Fear, p. 4 · C1
“The cunning dog has covered his tracks,” said he.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 32 · B2
His brain is as cunning as his fingers, and though we meet signs of him at every turn, we never know where to find the man himself.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 24 · B2
“He is very old and very cunning.
The Jungle Book, p. 41 · B2

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