craftiness
craftiness · craftinesses
хитрость, лукавство, коварство
Skill in deception, slynessSkill in deception, slyness.
» We offer a contest of craftiness and agility.
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1 senses(countable, uncountable)Skill in deception, slyness.
хи́тростьxítrostʹ, лука́вствоlukávstvo, кова́рствоkovárstvo
shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
Examples
2 sentencesWe offer a contest of craftiness and agility.
The politician's craftiness was known even to his voters.
Translations
5 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
skill in deception, slyness:
Forms
plural: craftinesses| Singular | craftiness |
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Synonyms
6 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsRelatedcrafty
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.