Canny
Canny adjective - Having or showing a practical cleverness or judgment.
Usage example: a canny card player, good at psyching out his opponents
Experienced and canny are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Experienced" instead an adjective "Canny".
Experienced
Experienced adjective - Having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor.
Canny and experienced are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Canny" instead an adjective "Experienced".
Nearby Words: experience, experiencing
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- On the Discworld, Carrot's charisma allows him to do this kind of thing naturally with straightforwardness that would never work for others, and Sam Vimes is also canny and experienced enough to have pulled it off a couple of times.
Source: Verbal Judo
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