Canniness
Canniness noun - Skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means.
Usage example: the canniness with which she negotiated her contract as spokesperson for the shoe manufacturer
Guilefulness and canniness are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Guilefulness" instead a noun "Canniness".
Guilefulness
Guilefulness noun - Skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means.
Usage example: he had an inherent guilefulness that made him a formidable power broker in Washington
Canniness and guilefulness are semantically related. You can use "Canniness" instead a noun "Guilefulness".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- care and canniness
- care and guilefulness
- subtlety and canniness
- subtlety and guilefulness
- artifice and canniness
- artifice and guilefulness
- cunning and canniness
- cunning and guilefulness
- cleverness and canniness
- cleverness and guilefulness
- sharpness and canniness
- sharpness and guilefulness
- craft and canniness
- craft and guilefulness
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