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[ kan-ee ] / ˈkæn i / SEE SYNONYMS FOR canny ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, can·ni·er, can·ni·est.careful; cautious; prudent: a canny reply. astute; shrewd; knowing; sagacious: a canny negotiator. skilled; expert. frugal; thrifty: a canny housewife. Scot. - safe to deal with, invest in, or work at (usually used with a negative).
- gentle; careful; steady.
- snug; cozy; comfortable.
- pleasing; attractive.
- Archaic. having supernatural or occult powers.
adverb Also can·ni·ly. in a canny manner. Scot. carefully; cautiously. Origin of cannyFirst recorded in 1630–40; can1 + -y1 OTHER WORDS FROM cannycan·ni·ness, nouno·ver·can·ny, adjectiveWords nearby cannycannot, cannula, cannular, cannulate, cannulation, canny, Canoas, canoe, canoe birch, canoe slalom, canoewood Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cannyEver canny if uninspiring, John Boehner admitted as much in his recent remarks. What Republicans Need Right Now Is a Good Internal Fight|James Poulos|November 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST But he was a canny political operator, far less ideological and more coldly pragmatic than proponents liked to admit. From The Square Deal to The New Deal: The Overlapping Political Identities of TR and FDR|John Avlon|September 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST A wavering, but canny Wehrmacht General Dietrich von Choltitz finally surrendered it on August 25. Who Liberated Paris in August 1944?||August 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST That is admirable, and Preserve is clever, or at least canny. Blake Lively Gets Her GOOP On|Tim Teeman|July 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
All of it is so canny we can only wonder why no one had said these things before. Geoff Dyer at Sea: Unmoored but on Target|Melissa Holbrook Pierson|May 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST Said the goodwife, "Aoirig, poor woman, it is not the hour for ancient old sgeuls; be thinking of a canny going." The Lost Pibroch|Neil Munro He felt, like the washerwomen, that there was something not canny about this Doo. The Scottish Fairy Book|Elizabeth W. Grierson The canny young Scot thought of a coming legacy and obeyed the head of his clan. A Fascinating Traitor|Richard Henry Savage It was "no' canny" that this old man, with a cauld in his chest, had gone up full two days before and had not come down again. Greyfriars Bobby|Eleanor Atkinson Out of his canny Scotch-English corner of thought, he is sadly lost. Continental Monthly, Vol. I, No. V, May, 1862|Various
British Dictionary definitions for canny
adjective -nier or -niestshrewd, esp in business; astute or wary; knowing Scot and Northeast English dialect good or nice: used as a general term of approval Scot lucky or fortunate adverbScot and Northeast English dialect quite; rathera canny long while Derived forms of cannycannily, adverbcanniness, nounWord Origin for cannyC16: from can 1 (in the sense: to know how) + -y 1 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to cannyingenious, cautious, wise, sly, adroit, skillful, shrewd, frugal, discreet, cagey, judicious, subtle, prudent, intelligent, astute, able, acute, careful, circumspect, cunning |