Cunning and Deep

Cunning

Cunning adjective - Clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means.

Deep is a synonym for cunning in characteristic topic. In some cases you can use "Deep" instead an adjective "Cunning", when it comes to topics like sly, devious.

Nearby Word: cunningly

Deep

Deep adjective - Extending far downward.

Cunning is a synonym for deep in characteristic topic. Sometimes you can use "Cunning" instead an adjective "Deep", if it concerns topics such as sly, astute, scheming.

How words are described

normal normal cunning normal deep
brutal brutal cunning brutal deep
real real cunning real deep
extreme extreme cunning extreme deep
Other adjectives: new.

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / Zones of Thought aka: A Fire Upon The Deep Cassandra Truth: Flenser invokes this trope during the climax of A Fire Upon the Deep when he reveals Steel's true plans to Amdijefri, though given how cunning he is, it's questionable exactly how much of what he's saying is actually truth.Flenser: You don't believe me?
  • Guile Hero Benjamin Sisko on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine has to be more cunning than most Starfleet captains, placed as he is in a post where he's as much a local political figure as he is a military commander.
    Source: Guile Hero
  • Fiction 500 In Gravion, Klein Sandman has the resources and cunning to build a bleeding edge deep space detection system and a bleeding edge Combining Mecha all without the notice of any major organisation on Earth.
    Source: Fiction 500
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