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crafty Adjective

— Being crafty means to be very clever and skilful, usually to trick, fool or deceive someone else.

crafty

— adjective (= cunning, foxy, slick, sly, tricky, wily) marked by skill in deception cunning men often pass for wise deep political machinations a foxy scheme a slick evasive answer sly as a fox tricky Dick a wily old attorney

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cunning

sly

wily

tricky

shrewd

artful

astute

foxy

clever

deceitful

smart

sharp

shifty

dodgy

cagey

skillful

nimble

canny

calculating

sneaky

cautious

treacherous

scheming

guileful

fraudulent

slick

knavish

tricksy

resourceful

politic

insidious

wicked

vulpine

villainous

subtle

slippery

roguish

pawky

evil

dishonest

dexterous

devious

designing

arch

wry

wise

wickedly

violent

vilainous

vicious

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