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Definition of Knacky
1. a. Having a knack; cunning; crafty; trickish.
Definition of Knacky
1. Adjective. (UK dialect) Having a knack; cunning; crafty. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Knacky
1. cunning [adj KNACKIER, KNACKIEST] - See also: cunning
Lexicographical Neighbors of Knacky
Literary usage of Knacky
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"Applied to what is entertaining; as, a knacky ttory, S. Ramsay. 4. ... V. knacky.
KNAG, ». The name given to a certain bird in Sutherland. ..."
2. The Folk-speech of South Cheshire by Thomas Darlington (1887)
"... [naak-fiti], adj. knacky, ingenious. ... -knacky a young fellow as ever handlet
a tool" ..."
3. A Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are Explained in by John Jamieson (1867)
"Applied to what is entertaining ; as, a knacky story, ... V. knacky. KNAG, *.
The name given to a certain bird in Sutherland. ..."
4. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"The same with knacky, Perths. ... A person who talks quick, snappish, and ever
chattering;'" Gall. Encycl. V. knacky. KNAG, s. A knob, &c. ..."
5. Northumberland Words by Richard Oliver Heslop, Harry Haldane, Oliver Heslop (1894)
"knacky, clever, cunning, smart. Used in a disparaging sense, as when a self-conceited
person is showing off his cleverness. ..."
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