From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcraftycraft‧y /ˈkrɑːfti $ ˈkræf-/ ●○○ adjective (comparative craftier, superlative craftiest) INTELLIGENTgood at getting what you want by clever planning and by secretly deceiving people SYN cunning, sly He’s a crafty old devil.► see thesaurus at intelligent —craftily adverb —craftiness noun [uncountable]
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crafty• That will be when the crafty bit comes in.• So they sent Odysseus, the master of crafty cunning, to get them by trickery.• Crafty cyber-thieves have found that they can steal a lot of money in electronic bank thefts with very little risk.• Jerry was crafty -- he got into the match free by crawling under the fence.• Willis plays a crafty policeman fighting international terrorists.• Although in his mid-eighties, he had only recently been written out of the curriculum by some crafty predecessor of mine.• What happened next was tailor-made for the crafty Prost.• It was a crafty question. "Why are you trying to catch me out?" he replied.• Last week in Baltimore, the crafty Ravens came up with a no-huddle offense, which left the Raiders completely flummoxed.• Jerry and Tony had worked out a crafty way of avoiding paying tax. 