crafty : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: crafty	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for crafty
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
crafty adj marked by skill in deception; "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" Synonym(s): crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crafty \Craft"y\ (kr?ft"?), a. [AS. cr[?]ftig.] 1. Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous. [Obs.] [bd]Crafty work.[b8] --Piers Plowman. 2. Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful. A noble crafty man of trees. --Wyclif. 3. Skillful at deceiving others; characterized by craft; cunning; wily. [bd]A pair of crafty knaves.[b8] --Shak. With anxious care and crafty wiles. --J. Baillie. Syn: Skillful; dexterous; cunning; artful; wily; sly; fraudulent; deceitful; subtle; shrewd. See {Cunning}.