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adjective

Crafty adj.

Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous. (Obs.) "Crafty work."

Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful. "A noble crafty man of trees."

Skillful at deceiving others; characterized by craft; cunning; wily. "A pair of crafty knaves." "With anxious care and crafty wiles."

Synonyms: Skillful; dexterous; cunning; artful; wily; sly; fraudulent; deceitful; subtle; shrewd. See Cunning.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Crafty" Quotes from Famous Books

... anything from history of the ministers of Yu mentioned in this stanza. Hwang-fu appears to have been the leading minister of the government at the time when the ode was written, and, as appears from the next two stanzas, was very crafty, oppressive, and selfishly ambitious. The mention of 'the chief Cook' among the high ministers appears strange; but we shall find that functionary mentioned in another ode; and from history it appears that 'the Cook,' at the royal and feudal courts, sometimes ...

— The Shih King • James Legge

... to go and bring them himself. He proposed this plan to Edward. Edward would not absolutely refuse his consent, but he did all in his power to discourage such an expedition. He told Harold that William of Normandy was a crafty and powerful man; that by going into his dominions he would put himself entirely into his power, and would be certain to involve himself in some serious difficulty. This interview between Harold and the king is commemorated on the Bayeux tapestry by ...

— William the Conqueror - Makers of History • Jacob Abbott

... cruiser in which Raleigh and he were partners, begging Raleigh, from prudential reasons, to conceal the fact that Cecil was in the adventure. There was no abatement whatever in the friendliness of Cecil's tone to Raleigh, although in his own crafty mind he had decided that the death of the Queen should set the term to Raleigh's prosperity. On March 30, 1603, Elizabeth died, and with her last breath the fortune and even the personal safety of ...

— Raleigh • Edmund Gosse

... A crafty devil you are, Builder thought. Manipulating this image of Thor you talk about, so that it will take the blood offerings of the people and even you and that half-baked discipline of yours, Morge. I must look at your god ...

— Regeneration • Charles Dye

... shooting the animals at game crossings. By using a turkey-call we could entice the gobblers within rifle-shot, and in several instances we were able to locate their roosts. The wild turkey of Texas was a wary bird, and although I have seen flocks of hundreds, it takes a crafty hunter to bag one. I have always loved a gun and been fond of hunting, yet the time hung heavy on my hands, and I counted the days like a prisoner until I could go to work. But my sentence finally expired, ...

— Reed Anthony, Cowman • Andy Adams

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