Cunning
Cunning noun - Subtle or imaginative ability in inventing, devising, or executing something.
Usage example: the unmatched cunning of the scout who led them safely through the trackless wilderness
Experience and cunning are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Experience" instead a noun "Cunning".
Nearby Word: cunningly
Experience
Experience noun - Knowledge gained by actually doing or living through something.
Cunning and experience are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cunning" instead a noun "Experience".
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While his physical strength and reflexes aren't much when compared to the other Servants, Archer is able to use his battle experience and cunning to come up strategies to counter and even overpower his more capable opponents and their strategies.
Source: Awesomeness by Analysis - Although Roo *is* stated right from the start as having a quite cunning mind that naturally lends itself towards barter and business, he just lacked the experience.
Source: Literature / The Riftwar Cycle -
What saves him is a streak of low cunning and practical experience of how the police work.
Source: Literature / Backstrom
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