Craftiness
Craftiness noun - Skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means.
Usage example: other antique dealers envied her for her craftiness in getting people to sell their treasures for a song
Canniness is a synonym for craftiness in cunning topic. In some cases you can use "Canniness" instead a noun "Craftiness", when it comes to topics like artfulness.
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
Craftiness is a synonym for canniness in cunning topic. You can use "Craftiness" instead a noun "Canniness", if it concerns topics such as deceit, artfulness.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- subtlety and craftiness
- subtlety and canniness
- adroitness and craftiness
- adroitness and canniness
- art and craftiness
- art and canniness
- artifice and craftiness
- artifice and canniness
- cunning and craftiness
- cunning and canniness
- wit and craftiness
- wit and canniness
- sharpness and craftiness
- sharpness and canniness
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