<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A skill employed in a shrewd or sly manner, as in deceiving; craftiness; guile.</li><li>Synonyms: deception, intrigue, trickery.</li><li>Adeptness in performance; dexterity: The weaver's hand had not lost its cunning.</li><li>Synonyms: agility, adroitness.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Showing or made with ingenuity.</li><li>Synonyms: skillful, ingenious.</li><li>Artfully subtle or shrewd; crafty; sly.</li><li>Synonyms: foxy, tricky, wily, artful.</li><li>Informal: charmingly cute or appealing: a cunning little baby.</li><li>Archaic: skillful; expert.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>Obsolete: present participle of can.</li></ul>