Cunningness
Cunningness noun - Skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means.
Usage example: it took a certain amount of cunningness on the photographer's part to obtain such revealing portraits of his rich and famous subjects
Underhandedness and cunningness are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Underhandedness" instead a noun "Cunningness".
Underhandedness
Cunningness and underhandedness are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cunningness" instead a noun "Underhandedness".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- deception and cunningness
- deception and underhandedness
- artifice and cunningness
- artifice and underhandedness
- cunning and cunningness
- cunning and underhandedness
- craft and cunningness
- craft and underhandedness
- subterfuge and cunningness
- subterfuge and underhandedness
- dishonesty and cunningness
- dishonesty and underhandedness
- trickery and cunningness
- trickery and underhandedness
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Underhandedness and Cunningness. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cunningness/underhandedness
Cunningness & Underhandedness. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cunningness/underhandedness>.
Underhandedness or Cunningness. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cunningness/underhandedness.
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