Meaning & use
vulpine
Relating to or resembling a fox, especially in being cunning, sly, or crafty.
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The lawyer's vulpine smile made the jury suspicious before he even spoke.
Naturalists studied the vulpine features shared by foxes across very different climates.
A note on using this word
Vulpine is a literary word, most often used figuratively to describe a sly, calculating quality in a person's expression or behavior.
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