Craftiness \Craft"i*ness\ (kr?ft"?-n?s), n.
Dexterity in devising and effecting a purpose; cunning;
artifice; stratagem.
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He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. --Job. v.
13.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
craftiness
n 1: shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
[syn: craft, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness,
wiliness]
2: the quality of being crafty [syn: deceitfulness, guile]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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