crafty (redirected from craftier)

craft·y  (krft)

adj. craft·i·er, craft·i·est

1. Skilled in or marked by underhandedness, deviousness, or deception.

2. Chiefly British Skillful; dexterous.

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[Middle English, from Old English cræftig, strong, skillful, from cræft, skill.]

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crafti·ly adv.

crafti·ness n.

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crafty [ˈkrɑːftɪ]

adj craftier, craftiest

1. skilled in deception; shrewd; cunning

2. Archaic skilful

craftily  adv

craftiness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

crafty - marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney" foxy, guileful, knavish, sly, tricksy, wily, cunning, dodgy, tricky, slick artful - marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft; "the artful dodger"; "an artful choice of metaphors"

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crafty

adjective cunning, scheming, sly, devious, knowing, designing, sharp, calculating, subtle, tricky, shrewd, astute, fraudulent, canny, wily, insidious, artful, foxy, deceitful, duplicitous, tricksy, guileful That crafty old devil had taken us all for a ride.
open, simple, frank, innocent, ethical, naive, honest, candid, ingenuous, wet behind the ears, as green as grass

Translations

crafty [ˈkrɑːftɪ] ADJ (craftier (compar) (craftiest (superl)))

1. [person] → astuto, vivo; [action] → hábil

2. [gadget etc] → ingenioso

crafty [ˈkrɑːfti] adj (= cunning) → rusé(e) (= clever) → malin/igne, astucieux/euse

crafty

adj (+er) → schlau, clever; he’s a crafty one (inf) → er ist ein ganz Schlauer (inf); he’s as crafty as a fox → er ist ein schlauer Fuchs; he took a crafty glance at … → er riskierte einen verstohlenen Blick auf (+acc) → …

crafty [ˈkrɑːftɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (person) → furbo/a, astuto/a; (action) → abile