Cunning
Cunning noun - Skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means.
Knowingness and cunning are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Knowingness" instead a noun "Cunning".
Nearby Word: cunningly
Knowingness
Knowingness noun - Exceptional discernment and judgment especially in practical matters.
Usage example: all the knowingness that comes from 20 years in the police department was evident in his appraisal of the situation
Cunning and knowingness are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cunning" instead a noun "Knowingness".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- knowing and cunning
- knowing and knowingness
- subtlety and cunning
- subtlety and knowingness
- artifice and cunning
- artifice and knowingness
- sharpness and cunning
- sharpness and knowingness
- astuteness and cunning
- astuteness and knowingness
- craft and cunning
- craft and knowingness
- shrewdness and cunning
- shrewdness and knowingness
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