canniness

canniness
Synonyms and related words:
Italian hand, acuteness, animal cunning, art, artfulness, artifice, astuteness, austerity, austerity program, cageyness, calculation, callidity, care, careful consideration, carefulness, caution, cautiousness, chariness, circumspection, cleverness, craft, craftiness, cunning, cunningness, deliberate stages, deliberateness, deliberation, deviousness, discreetness, discretion, economic planning, economicalness, economy, economy of means, false economy, fine Italian hand, finesse, forehandedness, foresight, forethought, foxiness, frugality, frugalness, gamesmanship, gingerliness, good management, guardedness, guile, guilefulness, hedge, hedging, heed, heedfulness, hesitation, husbandry, ingeniousness, insidiousness, inventiveness, judiciousness, low cunning, management, mindfulness, one-upmanship, parsimoniousness, parsimony, pawkiness, precaution, prior consultation, providence, prudence, prudential administration, prudentialness, readiness, regardfulness, resourcefulness, safeness, safety first, satanic cunning, sharpness, shiftiness, shrewdness, slickness, slipperiness, slowness to act, slyness, sneakiness, solicitude, sophistry, sparingness, stealth, stealthiness, subtility, subtilty, subtleness, subtlety, suppleness, tentativeness, thoroughness, thrift, thriftiness, tight purse strings, trickiness, uncommunicativeness, unprecipitateness, unwastefulness, wariness, wiles, wiliness, wit

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  • Canniness — Can ni*ness, n. Caution; crafty management. [N. of Eng. & Scot.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • canniness — [kan′ē nis] n. the quality of being canny * * * See cannily. * * * …   Universalium

  • canniness — [kan′ē nis] n. the quality of being canny …   English World dictionary

  • canniness — canny ► ADJECTIVE (cannier, canniest) 1) shrewd, especially in financial or business matters. 2) N. English & Scottish pleasant; nice. DERIVATIVES cannily adverb canniness noun. ORIGIN from …   English terms dictionary

  • canniness — noun see canny I …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • canniness — noun The state or quality of being canny …   Wiktionary

  • canniness — North Country (Newcastle) Words caution, good conduct, carefulness …   English dialects glossary

  • canniness — n. shrewdness; wittiness …   English contemporary dictionary

  • canniness — can·ni·ness …   English syllables

  • canniness — ˈkanēnə̇s, nin noun ( es) Etymology: canny + ness : a canny propensity or trait: as a. : prudence, wariness b. : cleverness …   Useful english dictionary

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