Sentence example with the word 'canny'

canny

acute, cheeseparing, deliberate, forehanded, insidious, on guard, quick-witted, sharp-witted, smooth, supple, uncommunicative

Definition adj. showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others

Last update: July 4, 2015


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He is quite a canny fellow.   [Please select]

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"Elshie, canny Father Elshie."   [Please select]

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He had an agreeable smile--canny, yet open.   [Please select]

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CANNY, prudent, skillful, lucky.   [Please select]

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CANNY, cautious, lucky.   [Please select]

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Canny, quiet, cautious, snug.   [Please select]

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"Canny now, lads, canny now."   [Please select]

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"Canny, ye silly tawpie."   [Please select]

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But ye were aye a canny wife.   [Please select]

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The Borghesi, with canny haste under the short-lived Gregory XV.   [Please select]

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However, our prospectors had been canny, they said; though young Mr.   [Please select]

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