crafty

[Craft·y]

If people call you crafty, they probably mean you are sly and a little deceptive. Then again, they could be saying that you are really good at knitting, beading, or turning old t shirts into funky pillowcases.

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Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous.

Adjective S.
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 Dik"; "a wily old attorney"


a.
Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous.

a.
Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful.

a.
Skillful at deceiving others; characterized by craft; cunning; wily.


Crafty

Craft"y (kr?ft"?), a. [AS. crftig.] 1. Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous. [Obs.] "Crafty work." Piers Plowman. 2. Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful.
A noble crafty man of trees.
3. Skillful at deceiving others; characterized by craft; cunning; wily. "A pair of crafty knaves." Shak.
With anxious care and crafty wiles.
Syn. -- Skillful; dexterous; cunning; artful; wily; ly; fraudulent; deceitful; subtle; shrewd. See Cunning.

Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous.

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Usage Examples

Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light over the public mind which is the best security against crafty and dangerous encroachments on the public liberty.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

We are a very crafty family.

It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love long, where it really is, nor to counterfeit it long where it is not.

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