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canny
(mass) | canny
- pokojný |
canny
(encz) | canny,klidný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
canny
(encz) | canny,mazaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
canny
(encz) | canny,šikovný Pavel Machek |
Canny
(gcide) | Canny \Can"ny\, Cannei \Can"nei\, a. [Cf. Icel. kenn skilled,
learned, or E. canny. Cf. Kenn.] [North of Eng. & Scot.]
1. Artful; cunning; shrewd; wary.
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2. Skillful; knowing; capable. --Sir W. Scott.
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3. Cautious; prudent; safe.. --Ramsay.
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4. Having pleasing or useful qualities; gentle. --Burns.
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5. Reputed to have magical powers. --Sir W. Scott.
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No canny, not safe, not fortunate; unpropitious. [Scot.]
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canny
(wn) | canny
adj 1: showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with
others; "a cagey lawyer"; "too clever to be sound" [syn:
cagey, cagy, canny, clever] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
canny
(mass) | canny
- pokojný |
uncanny
(mass) | uncanny
- tajomný |
canny
(encz) | canny,klidný adj: Zdeněk Brožcanny,mazaný adj: Zdeněk Brožcanny,šikovný Pavel Machek |
uncanny
(encz) | uncanny,podivný adj: Zdeněk Brožuncanny,tajemný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
No canny
(gcide) | Canny \Can"ny\, Cannei \Can"nei\, a. [Cf. Icel. kenn skilled,
learned, or E. canny. Cf. Kenn.] [North of Eng. & Scot.]
1. Artful; cunning; shrewd; wary.
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2. Skillful; knowing; capable. --Sir W. Scott.
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3. Cautious; prudent; safe.. --Ramsay.
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4. Having pleasing or useful qualities; gentle. --Burns.
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5. Reputed to have magical powers. --Sir W. Scott.
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No canny, not safe, not fortunate; unpropitious. [Scot.]
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Uncanny
(gcide) | Uncanny \Un*can"ny\, a.
Not canny; unsafe; strange; weird; ghostly. --Sir W. Scott.
-- Un*can"ni*ness, n. --G. Eliot.
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canny
(wn) | canny
adj 1: showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with
others; "a cagey lawyer"; "too clever to be sound" [syn:
cagey, cagy, canny, clever] |
uncanny
(wn) | uncanny
adj 1: suggesting the operation of supernatural influences; "an
eldritch screech"; "the three weird sisters";
"stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures"-
John Galsworthy; "an unearthly light"; "he could hear the
unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din"- Henry
Kingsley [syn: eldritch, weird, uncanny,
unearthly]
2: surpassing the ordinary or normal; "Beyond his preternatural
affability there is some acid and some steel" - George Will;
"his uncanny sense of direction" [syn: preternatural,
uncanny] |
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