Definition of Crafty

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Definition of Crafty
	Crafty Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous. Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful. Skillful at deceiving others; characterized by craft; cunning; wily. Related Definitions: At, By, Characterized, Craft, Cunning, Deceiving, Dexterity, Dexterous, Or, Possessing, Relating, Skill, Skilled, Skillful, To, Wily

Crafty Quotations

Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light over the public mind which is the best security against crafty and dangerous encroachments on the public liberty.
James Madison

It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love long, where it really is, nor to counterfeit it long where it is not.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

I am in no mood to be deceived any longer by the crafty devil and false character whose greatest pleasure is to take advantage of everyone.
Camille Claudel

I've got a nice little crafty deal with the people in Barbados; 10 days out there teaching the locals how to play darts for an hour a day. Get paid for that as well.
Eric Bristow

The Crafty Cockney had a picture of the owner dressed up as a copper, so I brought it home, wore it on TV and the name just stuck.
Eric Bristow

It's easier to play a dim character, for me, because I have a natural bent for comedy. It's not intrinsic for me to be crafty, so I would have to go outside for a source of origin. I think of myself as pretty dim.
Stephen Root

In those days reputation was a big thing. If you could win a game before you went out, win it. That could mean winning it in the papers by saying certain things or by not saying certain things. You got very crafty at the game.
Tommy Smith

The crafty person is always in danger; and when they think they walk in the dark, all their pretenses are transparent.
John Tillotson

Crafty Translations

crafty in German is listig, ausgekocht
crafty in Latin is dolosus
crafty in Spanish is astuto
crafty in Swedish is listig

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