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Definition of Crafty
1. Adjective. Marked by skill in deception. "A wily old attorney"
Similar to: Artful
Derivative terms: Craft, Craftiness, Dodge, Fox, Foxiness, Slickness, Slickness, Slyness, Trick, Trick, Trickiness, Wile, Wiliness
Definition of Crafty
1. a. Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous.
Definition of Crafty
1. Adjective. Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous. ¹
2. Adjective. Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful. ¹
3. Adjective. Skillful at deceiving others; characterized by craft; cunning; wily. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crafty
1. skillful in deceiving [adj CRAFTIER, CRAFTIEST] : CRAFTILY [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crafty
Literary usage of Crafty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Works by Washington Irving (1893)
"He was no less rapacious than mighty, and, withal, as crafty as he was rapacious ;
so that there is very little doubt, ..."
2. A History of New-York: From the Beginning of the World to the End of the by Washington Irving (1860)
"He was no less rapacious than mighty, and, withal, as crafty as he was rapacious,
so that there is very little doubt that, had he lived some four or five ..."
3. Knickerbocker's History of New York by Washington Irving, Edward Windsor Kemble (1893)
"He was no less rapacious than mighty, and, withal, as crafty as he was rapacious ;
so that there is very little doubt, that, had he lived some four or five ..."
4. The Expositor edited by Samuel Cox, William Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt (1876)
"Catching the crafty in their craft, So that the counsel of the subtle becometh
foolhardy, 14. And in the daytime they fumble in darkness, And in the blaze ..."
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