crafty (s)
cunning (s)
dodgy (s)
foxy (s)
guileful (s)
knavish (s)
slick (s)
sly (s)
tricksy (s)
tricky (s)
wily (s)

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type s
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def marked by skill in deception
examples cunning men often pass for wise
deep political machinations
a foxy scheme
a slick evasive answer
sly as a fox
tricky Dick
a wily old attorney
Outgoing links
Similar to artful
Derivationally related form wily → wile
Derivationally related form wily → wiliness
Derivationally related form tricky → trickiness
Derivationally related form tricky → trick
Derivationally related form tricksy → trick
Derivationally related form sly → slyness
Derivationally related form slick → slickness
Derivationally related form slick → slickness
Derivationally related form foxy → fox
Derivationally related form foxy → foxiness
Derivationally related form dodgy → dodge
Derivationally related form crafty → craft
Derivationally related form crafty → craftiness
Incoming links
Similar to artful
Derived from adjective trickily → tricky
Derived from adjective slyly → sly
Derived from adjective knavishly → knavish
Derived from adjective foxily → foxy
Derived from adjective cunningly → cunning
Derived from adjective craftily → crafty
Derivationally related form trick → tricksy
Derivationally related form trick → tricky
Derivationally related form wile → wily
Derivationally related form trickiness → tricky
Derivationally related form slickness → slick
Derivationally related form wiliness → wily
Derivationally related form slyness → sly
Derivationally related form foxiness → foxy
Derivationally related form craftiness → crafty
Derivationally related form craft → crafty
Derivationally related form dodge → dodgy
Derivationally related form slickness → slick
Derivationally related form fox → foxy

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