February 8, 2004

SpookyLinks

some quiz: if I had to define myself in one word, it would be....cunning.

cun·ning
adj.
Marked by or given to artful subtlety and deceptiveness.
Executed with or exhibiting ingenuity.
Delicately pleasing; pretty or cute: a cunning pet.

n.
Skill in deception; guile.
Skill or adeptness in execution or performance; dexterity.

cunning

adj 1: attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness; "a cute kid with pigtails"; "a cute little apartment"; "cunning kittens"; "a cunning baby" [syn: cute] 2: marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney" [syn: crafty, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily] 3: showing inventiveness and skill; "a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success""; "an ingenious solution to the problem" [syn: clever, ingenious] n 1: shrewdness in deception; "as cunning as a fox" 2: shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception [syn: craft, craftiness, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness] 3: drafty artfulness (especially in deception)

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