cunning

adjective

  1. 1

    showing inventiveness and skill

    a clever gadget

    the cunning maneuvers leading to his success

  2. 2

    marked by skill in deception

    cunning men often pass for wise

    deep political machinations

  3. 3

    attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness

    a cute kid with pigtails

    a cute little apartment

noun

  1. 1

    crafty artfulness (especially in deception)

  2. 2

    shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

Synonyms

Also useful for “cunning”:Unscrambler