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The meaning of CRAFTY is skillful, clever. How to use crafty in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Crafty.
clever, especially in a dishonest or secret way: I have some crafty ideas for getting around the regulations. She was a crafty old woman. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Sly & devious. artfully. artfulness. backdoor. calculating. deviously. deviousness. disingenuously. ducking. guilefully. legerdemain. Machiavellianism. tricky.
If you describe someone as crafty, you mean that they achieve what they want in a clever way, often by deceiving people.
If people call you crafty, they probably mean you are sly and a little deceptive. Then again, they could be saying that you are really good at knitting, beading, and turning old t-shirts into funky pillowcases.
Crafty definition: skillful in underhand or evil schemes; cunning; deceitful; sly.. See examples of CRAFTY used in a sentence.
Crafty definition: Skilled in or marked by underhandedness, deviousness, or deception.
crafty. adjective. /ˈkrɑːfti/. /ˈkræfti/. (comparative craftier, superlative craftiest) (usually disapproving) clever at getting what you want, especially by indirect or dishonest methods synonym cunning, wily. He's a crafty old devil. one of the party’s craftiest political strategists.
crafty meaning: clever at getting what you want, especially by deceiving people. Learn more.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English craft‧y /ˈkrɑːfti $ ˈkræf-/ adjective (comparative craftier, superlative craftiest) good at getting what you want by clever planning and by secretly deceiving people SYN cunning, sly He’s a crafty old devil. see thesaurus at intelligent —craftily adverb —craftiness noun [ uncountable ...
1. Skilled in or marked by underhandedness, deviousness, or deception. 2. Devoted to or skilled at handicrafts such as knitting or woodworking. 3. Archaic Skillful; dexterous. [Middle English, from Old English cræftig, strong, skillful, from cræft, skill .] craft′i·lyadv. craft′i·nessn.
