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CRAFTINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does craftiness mean?
• CRAFTINESS (noun)
The noun CRAFTINESS has 2 senses:
1. shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
2. the quality of being crafty
Familiarity information: CRAFTINESS used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
craft; craftiness; cunning; foxiness; guile; slyness; wiliness
Hypernyms ("craftiness" is a kind of...):
astuteness; perspicaciousness; perspicacity; shrewdness (intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings))
Derivation:
crafty (marked by skill in deception)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality of being crafty
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
craftiness; deceitfulness; guile
Hypernyms ("craftiness" is a kind of...):
disingenuousness (the quality of being disingenuous and lacking candor)
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