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CANNY (cannier, canniest)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does canny mean?
• CANNY (adjective)
The adjective CANNY has 1 sense:
1. showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
Familiarity information: CANNY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Declension: comparative and superlative |
Sense 1
Meaning:
Showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
Synonyms:
Context example:
too clever to be sound
Similar:
smart (showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness)
Context examples
It's no canny to run frae London to the Black Sea wi' a wind ahint ye, as though the Deil himself were blawin' on yer sail for his ain purpose.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
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