adjective · rare

crafty

crafty · craftier · craftiest

хитрий, лукавий

хитрый, коварный, искусный, умелый

geschickt, schlau, gerissen, listig

Skillful at deceiving othersSkillful at deceiving others.

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UK/ˈkɹɑːfti/US/ˈkɹæfti/

» Tom is crafty.

Tom ist gewitzt.

Tom ist schlau.

Tom ist gerissen.

Tom ist ausgefuchst.

Том коварный.

Том підступний.

Meaning

4 senses

Skillful at deceiving others.
geschickt, gerissen, schlau
уме́лыйumélyj, иску́сныйiskúsnyj, хи́трыйxítryj
Sneaky; surreptitious.
I took a crafty look at his hand of cards while he was out of the room.
Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous, clever.
ло́вкийlóvkij
(dated)Magical or occult, or allegedly so.
a crafty science

More definitions

marked by skill in deception

Examples

27 sentences

Tom is crafty.
Том підступний. — deniko
ruТом коварный. — Wezel
deTom ist gewitzt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Tom is very crafty, isn't he?
deTom ist ziemlich listig, nicht wahr? — wolfgangth
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Tom is pretty crafty, isn't he?
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Tom is pretty crafty.
deTom ist ganz schön schlau. — wolfgangth
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Tom is crafty, isn't he?
deTom ist listig, nicht wahr? — wolfgangth
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 3

skillful:

cunning, wily:

dexterous:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

skillful:

cunning, wily:

Origin

From Middle English crafty, crefty, craftiȝ, from Old English cræftiġ (“ingenious; skilful

From Middle English crafty, crefty, craftiȝ, from Old English cræftiġ (“ingenious; skilful; crafty; cunning; virtuous; powerful”), from Proto-West Germanic *kraftag, *kraftīg, *kraftug, from Proto-Germanic *kraftugaz (“powerful”), equivalent to craft + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian kräftich, krääftig, West Frisian krêftich, Dutch krachtig, German Low German krachtig, German kräftig.

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