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cunningly

/ˈkənɪŋli/ adv

With cunning, cleverly.

Word Origin Cunningly comes from cunning, which originally meant 'knowing, skilled' — from Old English cunnan 'to know'. Over time, the word took on a negative shade, suggesting cleverness used for deceit. The same root gives us can (to be able), uncouth (unknown, hence strange), and canny (shrewd). Uncanny is literally 'not known', hence eerie.

adv With cunning, cleverly.

The thief cunningly avoided all the security cameras.

(副词) 狡猾地；狡诈地

小偷巧妙地避开了所有的监控摄像头。

(adverbio) astutamente; con astucia; ingeniosamente [Con astucia, de manera ingeniosa.]

El ladrón evitó astutamente todas las cámaras de seguridad.

(adverbe) astucieusement; avec ruse; rusément; malicieusement [Avec ruse et habileté.]

Le voleur a évité astucieusement toutes les caméras de surveillance.

(Adverb) schlau; listig; raffiniert [Auf eine durchtriebene, raffinierte oder geschickt berechnende Weise.]

Der Dieb umging **cunningly** alle Überwachungskameras.

(副詞) ずる賢く、巧妙に、策略を巡らせて。

泥棒はcunningly（巧妙に）すべての防犯カメラを回避した。

(advérbio) astutamente; esperatamente; ardilosamente; habilmente [Com astúcia, com habilidade.]

O ladrão evitou habilmente todas as câmeras de segurança.

Synonyms: cleverly artfully craftily shrewdly slyly canny deceitfully guilefully Antonyms: naively innocently openly guilelessly

Common collocations

be verb of prep have verb in prep to prep so adv with prep disguise verb into prep

Related words

can couth canny cunningness

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