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canny 音標拼音: [k'æni] a. 精明的,謹慎的 精明的,謹慎的 canny adj 1: showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others; "a cagey lawyer"; "too clever to be sound" [synonym: {cagey}, {cagy}, {canny}, {clever}] Canny \Can"ny\, Cannei \Can"nei\, a. [Cf. Icel. kenn skilled, learned, or E. canny. Cf. {Kenn}.] [North of Eng. & Scot.] 1. Artful; cunning; shrewd; wary. [1913 Webster] 2. Skillful; knowing; capable. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 3. Cautious; prudent; safe.. --Ramsay. [1913 Webster] 4. Having pleasing or useful qualities; gentle. --Burns. [1913 Webster] 5. Reputed to have magical powers. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] {No canny}, not safe, not fortunate; unpropitious. [Scot.] [1913 Webster] 112 Moby Thesaurus words for "canny": Byzantine, Machiavellian, Machiavellic, Scotch, acute, adroit, arch, artful, astute, cagey, calculating, careful, cautious, chary, cheeseparing, circumspect, clever, conserving, crafty, cunning, cute, deceitful, deep, deep-laid, deliberate, designing, devious, dexterous, diplomatic, discreet, economic, economical, economizing, feline, forehanded, foxy, frugal, gingerly, guarded, guileful, heedful, hep, hesitant, ingenious, insidious, inventive, judicious, knowing, labor-saving, leaving out nothing, mindful, money-saving, nimble-witted, noncommittal, on guard, overlooking no possibility, parsimonious, pawky, penny-wise, politic, provident, prudent, prudential, quick, quick-witted, ready, regardful, resourceful, safe, saving, scheming, scrimping, serpentine, sharp, sharp-witted, shifty, shrewd, skimping, slick, slim, slippery, slow to act, sly, smart, smooth, snaky, sneaky, sophistical, spare, sparing, stealthy, strategic, subtile, subtle, supple, tactical, tentative, thorough, thrifty, time-saving, trickish, tricksy, tricky, unadventurous, uncommunicative, undaring, unenterprising, unprecipitate, unwasteful, vulpine, wary, wily |
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