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canny
[ kan-ee ]
adjective
a canny reply.
a canny negotiator.
a canny housewife.
- Scot.
- safe to deal with, invest in, or work at (usually used with a negative).
- gentle; careful; steady.
- snug; cozy; comfortable.
- pleasing; attractive.
- Archaic. having supernatural or occult powers.
adverb
- in a canny manner.
- Scot. carefully; cautiously.
canny
/ ˈ°ìæ²Ôɪ /
adjective
- shrewd, esp in business; astute or wary; knowing
- dialect.good or nice: used as a general term of approval
- lucky or fortunate
adverb
- dialect.quite; rather
a canny long while
Derived Forms
- ˈ³¦²¹²Ô²Ô¾±±ô²â, adverb
- ˈ³¦²¹²Ô²Ô¾±²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³¦²¹²Ôn¾±Â·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
- ´Çv±ð°ù·³¦²¹²Ôn²â adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of canny1
Example Sentences
She argues Reeves is canny and it is her values that make her Labour.
He was always a canny businessman with an eye for a deal.
What each of us sees when we look at him — a dangerous whipsaw of insane rhetoric and diabolic intent or a canny businessman who just wants what’s best for Americans — increasingly defines us.
Cummins in particular was superb and hostile, as India struggled to deal with his canny changes in length.
The novel is plainly an allegory for America’s current fraught moment, but it’s also a lively neo-noir filled with tough-talking detectives, politicos and journalists, and rife with canny plot twists.
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