(craftier, craftiest) (usually disapproving) clever at getting what you want, especially by indirect or dishonest methods:
He's a crafty old devil. * one of the party's craftiest political strategists * There are times when the only way to win is by a crafty reinterpretation of the rules.
craftily adverb
craftiness noun [U]
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for crafty is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is crafty a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, crafty is tagged as adjective.
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