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Definition of crafty in English: craftyadjectivecraftier, craftiest ˈkrɑːftiˈkræfti 1Clever at achieving one's aims by indirect or deceitful methods. 狡猾的;诡计多端的 a crafty crook faked an injury to escape from prison 一个狡猾的骗子假装受伤逃出了监狱。 Example sentencesExamples - ‘He was courageous, clever, confident, some people even say he was crafty,’ a friend describes the young schoolboy.
- Miles isn't yet as efficient as Williams would like, but he is quick, crafty and sometimes sensational.
- She's very crafty… but, of course, I'm the one who agreed to it.
- My neighbors include a family of armadillos, a crafty old opossum and a resourceful raccoon.
- I knew not that thy men were crafty and deceitful like a fox.
- As crafty administrators will tell you, appoint a committee to insulate yourself against public criticism.
- Steve was, and is, a pretty crafty hardware and software guy.
- The crafty woman was clever enough not to give me the mobiles.
- That gets him in trouble against quick, crafty pass rushers.
- But elders get to be elders by being cunning and crafty.
- It's just possible that crafty, quick, powerful Jones could defeat any fighter in any weight class in the world.
- Beware of a crafty and clever individual who can talk you into making a bad financial deal.
- Perhaps jurors minds were perverted by the words of some pretty crafty lawyers?
- "Oh, he's much too crafty for that, " replied Armand.
- The Geordies love him, opponents loathe him but he's crafty, cunning and still top class.
- The tiger was too careful and too crafty to reveal himself just like that.
- But Cass is pretty crafty and declares he is starting his own country.
- Beware of a crafty person who undermines your achievement at work.
- But they do like to dig up the garden, and are renowned as crafty escape artists.
- She was that sort of girl, really quick and crafty.
Synonyms cunning, guileful, wily, artful, devious, sly, tricky, duplicitous, dishonest, underhand, cheating, deceitful, Janus-faced, sharp, scheming, calculating, designing, evasive shrewd, astute, canny informal foxy South African informal slim archaic subtle - 1.1 Involving or relating to indirect or deceitful methods.
狡猾的;诡计多端的 he sneaked off to a toilet for a crafty smoke 他溜进厕所偷偷地抽了一支烟。 Example sentencesExamples - He watched her stare at him and held a crafty smile across his face.
- This is particularly true in the office, where crafty technologies help bosses keep abreast of what their employees are doing.
- This year, a lot of GMs have pulled off some crafty trades and astute free-agent signings.
- He is kidnapped and his friends try to save him - but are are captured by the Queen's crafty cunning.
- The crafty machinations of the camera yield the spontaneity of the snapshot.
- His methods are crafty and cunning, he is the master deceiver.
- We're just wondering what crafty manoeuvre he'll have up his sleeve this time.
- He pieces together the history behind the crafty tricks and cunning plans of conflict.
- The government has wised up to the crafty ways of the wily general.
- She glanced back along the corridor to where Hank still stood watching, and a crafty smile tilted her lips.
- The film makes crafty use of suspense from the beginning and there are subtle elements of mystery.
- ‘Well, usually I'd just walk in,’ Dallas said as he scratched his chin and a crafty smile appeared on his face.
- Meanwhile, a surreptitious measure of whisky is pulled from his pocket for a crafty nip.
- My red lips curl into a crafty little smile at the thought of that suave, devil of a man sitting on the sixty-eighth floor.
- The carrot-and-stick strategy at first seemed ingenious or at least crafty.
- These composition and narrative tricks would seemingly sink another film, making it too clever and crafty in a self-serving fashion.
- Maria is a smoker and while she was having a crafty fag, we'd eye up all the cute smokers.
- He utilizes the crafty technique of a savvy veteran.
- She would have to do some fairly under handed and crafty lying to convince him to leave without revealing the conspiracy.
- And while I was in there any thoughts of having a crafty fag dispersed at the sight of the smoke alarms.
2informal Involving or relating to the making of objects by hand. 〈非正式〉(装饰品等)手工制的 a market full of crafty pots and interesting earrings 一个摆满了手工制的陶罐和有趣耳环的集市。 Example sentencesExamples - Sunday morning, Tracy, her mother, and I went shopping at a couple of cute little crafty stores.
- If you are interested in joining a group of crafty ladies do come along and join in the fun.
- Tap into your inner Picasso with these crafty tricks.
Derivativesadverb We watched in disbelief as the nation was craftily wrested from our grip in these three short years. Example sentencesExamples - ‘It was craftily worded,’ admitted one EU diplomat in London.
- I'm a food snob - it runs in my family - and this thing, this craftily tucked pastry square - it made the grade.
- But whatever it is, it craftily evades our attempts to isolate and kill it.
- I suppose I'm being artistically and craftily creative at the moment.
noun Rant aside, I do get some good ideas for cheaper home craftiness sometimes. Example sentencesExamples - I found out about the sins of the foolish and the craftiness of the smart.
- Pilgrims are not unaware of such tactics, however, and some remarked upon his craftiness.
- It highlights all that is bad in human nature: cunning, craftiness, and treachery.
- Although candor is praised over craftiness, history shows that leaders who practiced deceit overcame those that lived by their pledges.
OriginOld English cræftig 'strong, powerful', later 'skilful' (see craft, -y1). Definition of crafty in US English: craftyadjectiveˈkræftiˈkraftē 1Clever at achieving one's aims by indirect or deceitful methods. 狡猾的;诡计多端的 a crafty crook faked an injury to escape from prison 一个狡猾的骗子假装受伤逃出了监狱。 Example sentencesExamples - "Oh, he's much too crafty for that, " replied Armand.
- Beware of a crafty person who undermines your achievement at work.
- My neighbors include a family of armadillos, a crafty old opossum and a resourceful raccoon.
- ‘He was courageous, clever, confident, some people even say he was crafty,’ a friend describes the young schoolboy.
- The crafty woman was clever enough not to give me the mobiles.
- The tiger was too careful and too crafty to reveal himself just like that.
- That gets him in trouble against quick, crafty pass rushers.
- Miles isn't yet as efficient as Williams would like, but he is quick, crafty and sometimes sensational.
- I knew not that thy men were crafty and deceitful like a fox.
- Beware of a crafty and clever individual who can talk you into making a bad financial deal.
- It's just possible that crafty, quick, powerful Jones could defeat any fighter in any weight class in the world.
- As crafty administrators will tell you, appoint a committee to insulate yourself against public criticism.
- She's very crafty… but, of course, I'm the one who agreed to it.
- But elders get to be elders by being cunning and crafty.
- Steve was, and is, a pretty crafty hardware and software guy.
- The Geordies love him, opponents loathe him but he's crafty, cunning and still top class.
- But they do like to dig up the garden, and are renowned as crafty escape artists.
- But Cass is pretty crafty and declares he is starting his own country.
- She was that sort of girl, really quick and crafty.
- Perhaps jurors minds were perverted by the words of some pretty crafty lawyers?
Synonyms cunning, guileful, wily, artful, devious, sly, tricky, duplicitous, dishonest, underhand, cheating, deceitful, janus-faced, sharp, scheming, calculating, designing, evasive - 1.1 Of, involving, or relating to indirect or deceitful methods.
狡猾的;诡计多端的 a shameless and crafty trick to mislead public opinion Example sentencesExamples - This year, a lot of GMs have pulled off some crafty trades and astute free-agent signings.
- His methods are crafty and cunning, he is the master deceiver.
- And while I was in there any thoughts of having a crafty fag dispersed at the sight of the smoke alarms.
- He utilizes the crafty technique of a savvy veteran.
- She glanced back along the corridor to where Hank still stood watching, and a crafty smile tilted her lips.
- He watched her stare at him and held a crafty smile across his face.
- This is particularly true in the office, where crafty technologies help bosses keep abreast of what their employees are doing.
- She would have to do some fairly under handed and crafty lying to convince him to leave without revealing the conspiracy.
- My red lips curl into a crafty little smile at the thought of that suave, devil of a man sitting on the sixty-eighth floor.
- Meanwhile, a surreptitious measure of whisky is pulled from his pocket for a crafty nip.
- These composition and narrative tricks would seemingly sink another film, making it too clever and crafty in a self-serving fashion.
- We're just wondering what crafty manoeuvre he'll have up his sleeve this time.
- He is kidnapped and his friends try to save him - but are are captured by the Queen's crafty cunning.
- The government has wised up to the crafty ways of the wily general.
- The carrot-and-stick strategy at first seemed ingenious or at least crafty.
- Maria is a smoker and while she was having a crafty fag, we'd eye up all the cute smokers.
- The crafty machinations of the camera yield the spontaneity of the snapshot.
- The film makes crafty use of suspense from the beginning and there are subtle elements of mystery.
- ‘Well, usually I'd just walk in,’ Dallas said as he scratched his chin and a crafty smile appeared on his face.
- He pieces together the history behind the crafty tricks and cunning plans of conflict.
2informal Of, involving, or relating to the making of decorative objects and other things by hand. 〈非正式〉(装饰品等)手工制的 a market full of crafty pots and interesting earrings 一个摆满了手工制的陶罐和有趣耳环的集市。 Example sentencesExamples - Tap into your inner Picasso with these crafty tricks.
- Sunday morning, Tracy, her mother, and I went shopping at a couple of cute little crafty stores.
- If you are interested in joining a group of crafty ladies do come along and join in the fun.
OriginOld English cræftig ‘strong, powerful’, later ‘skillful’ (see craft, -y). |