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cunning

nounfeminine/ɐʃˈtusiɐ/medium

as·tú·ci·a

Definition

The quality of being cunning; skill in using artifice, cleverness, shrewdness.
The thief used great cunning to commit the crime.
His political cunning allowed him to survive several crises.
Common collocations
with cunninggreat cunningpolitical cunningfox-like cunning

Etymology

Do latim 'astutia'.

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