Meaning & use
Crafty
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Skilled at achieving one's ends through cleverness and deception.
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The crafty fox outwitted the farmer's traps again.
It was a crafty move to negotiate the price down at the last minute.
A note on using this word
Usually carries a slightly negative connotation, implying cleverness used for self-serving or deceptive purposes.
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Words with an opposite meaning
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