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craftiness

How to use craftiness in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for craftiness.

Editorial note

On the craftiness of nation states scale that's maybe, what, a 2?

Examples10
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

Meaning at a glance

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noun

shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

noun

the quality of being crafty

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for craftiness.

Example sentences

1

On the craftiness of nation states scale that's maybe, what, a 2?

2

I'm totally stealing this: "Hacking is where craft and craftiness converge.

3

I love assembling those Revell scale models, it requires some patience and craftiness but the results are rewarding.

4

She was the goddess of metis, which means cunning or craftiness, and which you’ll recall was the name of her mother in one version of the story.

5

In the UK where I grew up however, sometimes taking things that are not yours is reframed as a kind of opportunistic cunning and craftiness.

6

My 12th grade lit teacher would likely note that we was rather squeezing seamen, and then leap into another lecture on Melville's literary craftiness.

7

The craftiness necessary to pull off a compelling rendering pipeline on the hardware of that time period, combined with the aesthetic directions the constraints pushed designs in, still inspires me.

8

Deliberately to revert to primitive methods to use archaic took, to put silly little difficulties in your own way, would be a piece of dilettantism, of pretty-pretty arty and craftiness.

9

As he wrote in 1855: “The slaveholders, with a craftiness peculiar to themselves, by encouraging the enmity of the poor, laboring white man against the blacks, succeeds in making the said white man almost as much a slave as the black slave himself….

10

People are dropping into dialect because, deep down, they think of black people as a bunch of violent, lazy, partying, horny grifters - and find it very amusing and black of themselves when they experience anger, laziness, joy, sexual arousal, or pride at their own craftiness.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use craftiness in a sentence?

On the craftiness of nation states scale that's maybe, what, a 2?

What does craftiness mean?

shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

What part of speech is craftiness?

craftiness is commonly used as noun.