craftiness

«craftiness» in Mova's school dictionary: Cleverness used in a sly way, especially for tricking people — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (no plural)

meaning for a pupil

Cleverness used in a sly way, especially for tricking people. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales, the sly cunning of a fox, a witch or a villain who plans to fool others.

examples

• His craftiness made the king believe him. tree →
• The fox used his craftiness to escape. tree →
• We admired her craftiness in solving the puzzle. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• In whose hands is craftiness, and their right hand is full of bribes.
• He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «craftiness» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.