The faculty that distinguishes a weak animal or person from a strong one. It brings its possessor much mental satisfaction and great material adversity. An Italian proverb says: "The furrier gets the skins of more foxes than asses."

Knowing; skillful; dexterous.

Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious; curious; as, cunning work.

Crafty; sly; artful; designing; deceitful.

Knowledge; art; skill; dexterity.

The faculty or act of using stratagem to accomplish a purpose; fraudulent skill or dexterity; deceit; craft.

Knowing or clever.

shrewdness in deception; "as cunning as a fox"

shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

drafty artfulness (especially in deception)

marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dik"; "a wily old attorney"

showing inventiveness and skill; "a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious solution to the problem"