Vocabulary
Cunning
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
having or showing skill in achieving one’s ends by deceit or evasion.
Urdu meaning
چالاکی، دغا، حکمت، ہوشیاری
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- The latter do not just require a fair election but also a resolution of the civil-military imbalance political governments looking over their shoulder for the latest `cunning plan` of the establishment can and will do no better.
- Where US-owned (and controlled) social media platforms such as Facebook are said to have used algorithms to block content showing events in their entirety, X and even Meta`s Instagram were more cunning.
- Where US-owned (and controlled) social media platforms such as Facebook are said to have used algorithms to block content showing events in their entirety, X and even Meta`s Instagram were more cunning.
- His first term in office proved him to be a self-centred, erratic, cunning, destructive and even criminal leader.
Synonyms
crafty, wily, artful, guileful, devious, sly, knowing, scheming, designing, tricky
Antonyms
honest, guileless, naive
Curator example
“a cunning look came into his eyes”
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Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
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