Canny

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Canny \Can"ny\, Cannei \Can"nei\, a. [Cf. Icel. kenn skilled,
     learned, or E. canny. Cf. {Kenn}.] [North of Eng. & Scot.]
     1. Artful; cunning; shrewd; wary.
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     2. Skillful; knowing; capable. --Sir W. Scott.


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     3. Cautious; prudent; safe.. --Ramsay.
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     4. Having pleasing or useful qualities; gentle. --Burns.
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     5. Reputed to have magical powers. --Sir W. Scott.
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     {No canny}, not safe, not fortunate; unpropitious. [Scot.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  canny
       adj : showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others;
             "a cagey lawyer"; "too clever to be sound" [syn: {cagey},
              {cagy}, {clever}]
       [also: {canniest}, {cannier}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  112 Moby Thesaurus words for "canny":
     Byzantine, Machiavellian, Machiavellic, Scotch, acute, adroit,
     arch, artful, astute, cagey, calculating, careful, cautious, chary,
     cheeseparing, circumspect, clever, conserving, crafty, cunning,
     cute, deceitful, deep, deep-laid, deliberate, designing, devious,
     dexterous, diplomatic, discreet, economic, economical, economizing,
     feline, forehanded, foxy, frugal, gingerly, guarded, guileful,
     heedful, hep, hesitant, ingenious, insidious, inventive, judicious,
     knowing, labor-saving, leaving out nothing, mindful, money-saving,
     nimble-witted, noncommittal, on guard, overlooking no possibility,
     parsimonious, pawky, penny-wise, politic, provident, prudent,
     prudential, quick, quick-witted, ready, regardful, resourceful,
     safe, saving, scheming, scrimping, serpentine, sharp, sharp-witted,
     shifty, shrewd, skimping, slick, slim, slippery, slow to act, sly,
     smart, smooth, snaky, sneaky, sophistical, spare, sparing,
     stealthy, strategic, subtile, subtle, supple, tactical, tentative,
     thorough, thrifty, time-saving, trickish, tricksy, tricky,
     unadventurous, uncommunicative, undaring, unenterprising,
     unprecipitate, unwasteful, vulpine, wary, wily