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"subtleness", "subtlety", "wiliness" ] }, "skillful with the hands":{ "antonyms":[ "butterfingered", "ham-fisted", "ham-handed", "handless", "heavy-handed", "unhandy" ], "examples":[ "only the most cunning cabinetmaker could have crafted such a beautifully proportioned chest of drawers" ], "near antonyms":[ "awkward", "bungling", "clumsy", "fumbling", "gauche", "gawky", "graceless", "klutzy", "rough-hewn", "stiff", "stilted", "uncomfortable", "uneasy", "ungainly", "ungraceful", "wooden", "uncoordinated", "incapable", "incompetent", "inept", "inexpert", "maladroit" ], "related":[ "agile", "flexible", "graceful", "limber", "lissome", "lissom", "lithe", "lithesome", "nimble", "spry", "coordinated", "able", "adept", "capable", "competent", "expert", "habile", "masterful", "masterly", "proficient", "qualified", "skilled", "skillful", "sure-handed", "double-jointed", "loose-jointed" ], "synonyms":[ "clever", "deft", "dexterous", "dextrous", "handy" ] }, "subtle or imaginative ability in 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"deviousness", "shrewdness", "treacherousness", "underhandedness", "unscrupulousness", "covertness", "furtiveness", "secrecy", "shadiness", "sneakiness", "stealthiness", "oiliness", "shiftiness", "slickness", "slipperiness", "slyness", "smoothness" ], "synonyms":[ "artifice", "cheating", "cozenage", "craft", "craftiness", "crookedness", "crookery", "cunningness", "deceit", "deceitfulness", "deception", "deceptiveness", "dishonesty", "dissembling", "dissimulation", "double-dealing", "dupery", "duplicity", "fakery", "foxiness", "fraud", "guile", "guilefulness", "wiliness" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "cunningly":{ "as in craftily , slyly":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "archly", "calculatingly", "craftily", "furtively", "insidiously", "sharply", "shiftily", "slickly", "slyly", "slily", "underhand", "underhanded", "underhandedly", "artfully", "cannily", "deceitfully", "deceptively", "deviously", "dishonestly", "falsely", "flatteringly", "sycophantically", "unctuously", "affectedly", "artificially", "hypocritically", "insincerely", "pretentiously", "unnaturally" ], "near antonyms":[ "artlessly", "guilelessly", "ingenuously", "innocently", "naively", "na\u00efvely", "naturally", "sincerely", "unaffectedly", "unfeignedly", "unpretentiously", "genuinely", "honestly", "simply", "truly", "freely", "openheartedly", "openly" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "cunningness":{ "skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means":{ "examples":[ "it took a certain amount of cunningness on the photographer's part to obtain such revealing portraits of his rich and famous subjects" ], "synonyms":[ "artfulness", "artifice", "caginess", "cageyness", "canniness", "craft", "craftiness", "cunning", "deviousness", "foxiness", "guile", "guilefulness", "slickness", "slyness", "sneakiness", "subtleness", "subtlety", "wiliness" ], "near synonyms":[ "calculation", "care", "design", "savvy", "sharpness", "shrewdness", "cleverness", "ingeniousness", "ingenuity", "inventiveness", "ease", "facility", "finesse", "deceitfulness", "duplicity", "shiftiness", "underhandedness" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery":{ "examples":[ "people should remember that it was cunningness and not kindness that made him a very wealthy lawyer" ], "synonyms":[ "artifice", "cheating", "cozenage", "craft", "craftiness", "crookedness", "crookery", "cunning", "deceit", "deceitfulness", "deception", "deceptiveness", "dishonesty", "dissembling", "dissimulation", "double-dealing", "dupery", "duplicity", "fakery", "foxiness", "fraud", "guile", "guilefulness", "wiliness" ], "near synonyms":[ "equivocation", "lying", "mendacity", "prevarication", "chicane", "chicanery", "fraudulence", "hanky-panky", "jugglery", "legerdemain", "mountebankery", "obliquity", "skulduggery", "skullduggery", "subterfuge", "swindling", "trickery", "wile", "falsehood", "falsity", "fib", "untruth", "hypocrisy", "insincerity", "sanctimoniousness", "two-facedness", "artfulness", "caginess", "cageyness", "deviousness", "shrewdness", "treacherousness", "underhandedness", "unscrupulousness", "covertness", "furtiveness", "secrecy", "shadiness", "sneakiness", "stealthiness", "oiliness", "shiftiness", "slickness", "slipperiness", "slyness", "smoothness" ], "near antonyms":[ "candidness", "candor", "directness", "frankness", "openness", "plainness", "plainspokenness", "honesty", "probity", "dependability", "reliability", "reliableness", "solidity", "trustability", "trustiness", "trustworthiness", "decency", "goodness", "incorruptibility", "integrity", "righteousness", "truthfulness", "uprightness", "virtuousness" ], "antonyms":[ "artlessness", "forthrightness", "good faith", "guilelessness", "ingenuousness", "sincerity" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] } }