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CRAFTINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being crafty
Synonyms:
craftiness; deceitfulness; guile
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("craftiness" is a kind of...):
disingenuousness (the quality of being disingenuous and lacking candor)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
Synonyms:
craft; craftiness; cunning; foxiness; guile; slyness; wiliness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
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)
