Craftiness

2 definitions found

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

  Craftiness \Craft"i*ness\ (kr?ft"?-n?s), n.
     Dexterity in devising and effecting a purpose; cunning;
     artifice; stratagem.
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           He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. --Job. v.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  craftiness
       n 1: shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
            [syn: {craft}, {cunning}, {foxiness}, {guile}, {slyness},
             {wiliness}]
       2: the quality of being crafty [syn: {deceitfulness}, {guile}]