Canniness
Canniness noun - Exceptional discernment and judgment especially in practical matters.
Usage example: negotiates business deals with all of the proverbial canniness of an old-time horse trader
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- sense and canniness
- sense and intellect
- ability and canniness
- ability and intellect
- thought and canniness
- thought and intellect
- perception and canniness
- perception and intellect
- discernment and canniness
- discernment and intellect
- judgment and canniness
- judgment and intellect
- cunning and canniness
- cunning and intellect
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