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canny 音标拼音: [k'æni] a. 精明的,谨慎的 精明的,谨慎的 canny adj 1: showing self- interest and shrewdness in dealing with others; " a cagey lawyer"; " too clever to be sound" [ synonym: { cagey}, { cagy}, { canny}, { clever}] Canny \ Can" ny\, Cannei \ Can" nei\, a. [ Cf. Icel. kenn skilled, learned, or E. canny. Cf. { Kenn}.] [ North of Eng. & Scot.] 1. Artful; cunning; shrewd; wary. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Skillful; knowing; capable. -- Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Cautious; prudent; safe.. -- Ramsay. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Having pleasing or useful qualities; gentle. -- Burns. [ 1913 Webster] 5. Reputed to have magical powers. -- Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster] { No canny}, not safe, not fortunate; unpropitious. [ Scot.] [ 1913 Webster] 112 Moby Thesaurus words for " canny": Byzantine, Machiavellian, Machiavellic, Scotch, acute, adroit, arch, artful, astute, cagey, calculating, careful, cautious, chary, cheeseparing, circumspect, clever, conserving, crafty, cunning, cute, deceitful, deep, deep- laid, deliberate, designing, devious, dexterous, diplomatic, discreet, economic, economical, economizing, feline, forehanded, foxy, frugal, gingerly, guarded, guileful, heedful, hep, hesitant, ingenious, insidious, inventive, judicious, knowing, labor- saving, leaving out nothing, mindful, money- saving, nimble- witted, noncommittal, on guard, overlooking no possibility, parsimonious, pawky, penny- wise, politic, provident, prudent, prudential, quick, quick- witted, ready, regardful, resourceful, safe, saving, scheming, scrimping, serpentine, sharp, sharp- witted, shifty, shrewd, skimping, slick, slim, slippery, slow to act, sly, smart, smooth, snaky, sneaky, sophistical, spare, sparing, stealthy, strategic, subtile, subtle, supple, tactical, tentative, thorough, thrifty, time- saving, trickish, tricksy, tricky, unadventurous, uncommunicative, undaring, unenterprising, unprecipitate, unwasteful, vulpine, wary, wily
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