Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a canny manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb N. of Eng. & Scot. In a canny manner.
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- adverb In a
canny manner.
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- adverb with foresight
Etymologies
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Examples
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Nineteen sixty-eight saw the Robinsons re-entering the music game as co-founders of All Platinum, a company whose name cannily reflected the record-distributor custom of paying independent labels in alphabetical order.
Hip-Hop Happens Daly, Steven 2005
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Nineteen sixty-eight saw the Robinsons re-entering the music game as co-founders of All Platinum, a company whose name cannily reflected the record-distributor custom of paying independent labels in alphabetical order.
Hip-Hop Happens Daly, Steven 2005
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Its no-nonsense, attention-grabbing which is to say, cannily marketed subtitle?
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed SIMON HOUPT 2011
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It went "cannily" forward, and knew how "to take occasion by the hand," and how to choose its friends.
The Squire of Sandal-Side A Pastoral Romance Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875
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It's all cannily designed to make America weak in the knees for Maverick, right down to the mistiness in his eyes when his best friend must be sacrificed...so that Maverick can get a little misty eyed and then push past that momentary weakness to kick a little Russian ass.
Michael Giltz: DVDs: When Tom Cruise Became A Superstar Michael Giltz 2011
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It's all cannily designed to make America weak in the knees for Maverick, right down to the mistiness in his eyes when his best friend must be sacrificed...so that Maverick can get a little misty eyed and then push past that momentary weakness to kick a little Russian ass.
Michael Giltz: DVDs: When Tom Cruise Became A Superstar Michael Giltz 2011
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So he did, working at a post-production facility to pay the rent and to learn about filmmaking, cannily inserting his voice onto the scratch track of every commercial on the company roster.
He Makes 'White Rice' Funny Joanne Kaufman 2011
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It's all cannily designed to make America weak in the knees for Maverick, right down to the mistiness in his eyes when his best friend must be sacrificed...so that Maverick can get a little misty eyed and then push past that momentary weakness to kick a little Russian ass.
Michael Giltz: DVDs: When Tom Cruise Became A Superstar Michael Giltz 2011
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In retelling tales and parables, the show cannily leans on stories that have endured for thousands of years.
Michael Giltz: Theater: "Godspell" Resurrected Michael Giltz 2011
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It's all cannily designed to make America weak in the knees for Maverick, right down to the mistiness in his eyes when his best friend must be sacrificed...so that Maverick can get a little misty eyed and then push past that momentary weakness to kick a little Russian ass.
Michael Giltz: DVDs: When Tom Cruise Became A Superstar Michael Giltz 2011
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