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Definition: Craftiness |
CraftinessNoun1. Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception. 2. The quality of being crafty. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "craftiness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1415. (references) |
Synonyms: CraftinessSynonyms: craft (n), cunning (n), deceitfulness (n), foxiness (n), guile (n), slyness (n), wiliness (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Cunning | Noun: cunning, craft; cunningness, craftiness; Adjective: subtlety, artificiality; maneuvering; Verb: temporization; circumvention. |
Skill | Knowledge of the world, world wisdom, savoir faire; tact; mother wit; (sagacity); discretion; (caution); finesse; craftiness; (cunning); management; (conduct); self-help. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Craftiness |
| English words defined with "craftiness": Astucity ♦ Foxship ♦ Sly goose. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "craftiness": Foxship. (references) |
| "Craftiness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Craftiness" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "craftiness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shkathtësi (adroitness, agility, cleverness, cunning, deftness, dexterity, facility, jugglery, legerity, lubricity, refractoriness, resourcefulness, sagacity, skill, smartness), dinakëri (artfulness, cunning, deception, deviousness, mischief, shrewdness, slyness, trickery, wile, wiliness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مكر (archness, artfulness, artifice, brown, craft, cunning, deceit, deception, double dealing, feint, fish, foxiness, furtiveness, guile, ploy, roguery, ruse, sham, slyness, trick, wiliness), براعة (address, artfulness, artifice, cleverness, craft, cunning, dexterity, facility, finesse, hand, ingeniousness, ingenuity, knack, know how, mastery, proficiency, science, skill, skillfulness, sleight of hand, tact, trick, workmanship). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | хитрина (catch, contrivance, craft, deceit, dodgery, expedient, fetch, foxiness, legerdemain, shift, trickery, wheeze, wile, wiliness), лукавство (archness, craft, foxiness, furtiveness, guile, subtlety, wiliness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | lstivost (artfulness, craft, guile, slyness, subtlety, wiliness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | boosaardigheid (craft, cunning, guile), arglist (craft, cunning, guile, snare). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | malico (craft, cunning, guile). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | óndskapur (craft, cunning, guile). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | viekkaus (cunning, shrewdness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | ruse (craft), finesse, astuce (craft). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | mûklist (craft, cunning, guile, snare). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | List (artfulness, artifice, cunning, guile, ploy, ruse, shift, stealth, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, wile, wiles). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πανουργία (archness, artfulness, craft, cunning, cunningness, guile, ruse, shrewdness, slyness, trickishness, wile, wiliness), πονηράδα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | תככים (hanky panky, intrigue, quarrel, skullduggery), ערמ" (cunning, guile, machination, oodle, prudence, shrewdness, wile, wisdom, wit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | ravaszság (acuity, acuteness, artifice, astuteness, canniness, cunning, cuteness, disingenuousness, finesse, foxiness, guile, knowingness, shrewdness, slyness, wile, wiliness), alattomosság (deepness, disingenuousness, duplicity, shiftiness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | furberia (artfulness, cunningness, slyness, trick). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 悪辣 , 悪らつ , 佞智 , 姦智 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ねいち, か"ち (business, cold region, complete recovery, concern, craft, cunning, direct administration by the government, fallow ground, life of leisurely retirement, perception, quiet place, sinecure, undemanding job, vacant land, wiles), あくらつ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | kialgys (deceitfulness, wiliness), kialg (calculation, craft, craft slyness, deceit, duplicity, fiddle, fizz, guile, insidiousness, perfidiousness, sedition, subtlety, swindle, swizzle, treachery), croutid (artfulness), crout (calculation, stratagem, trick). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aftinesscray manha (finesse, jiggery-pokery, malice, ruse, slyness, trickery, vice, whim), estratagema (artifice, coup, device, elusion, feint, fetch, finesse, fraud, maneuver, manoeuvre, ruse, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, trickery, wile), astúcia (art, artfulness, astuteness, craft, cunning, dodge, double, invention, ruse, slyness, stratagem, trick, trickery, tweak, wile). (various references) şiretenie (artfulness, artifice, craft, cunning, finesse, guile, pawkiness, slyness). (various references) хитрость (archness, artfulness, catch, circumvention, craft, double, fetch, finesse, guile, management, slyness, stealth, stratagem, subtlety, trick, trickery, trickiness, wile, wiliness). (various references) seòltachd (cunning, ingenuity, wiliness). (various references) prepredenost (knavery), lukavstvo (artifice, guile, ruse, slyness, trap, trickery, wile). (various references) astucia (archness, artfulness, astuteness, cleverness, craft, cunning, flirtation, foxiness, guile, overreach, pawkiness, shiftiness, shrewdness, slyness, snare, subtlety, trickery, wiliness, worldly wisdom). (various references) kurnazlık (archness, art, artfulness, artifice, arts, astuteness, cunning, dodge, finesse, foxiness, guile, shenanigan, shiftiness, slyness, smartness, stratagem, strategy, subtility, subtlety, trick, wheeler-dealing, wheeling and dealing, wiliness, wrinkle), şeytanlık (art, arts, cunning, devilment, devilry, diabolism, fiendishness, mischief, prank, slyness, wiliness). (various references) юeяtanlyk (cunning, trickery), hokga (cunning), hilegдrlik (cunning), hile (cunning). (various references) хитрість (archness, artfulness, artifice, astuteness, catch, craft, cunning, finesse, foxery, overreach, pawk, ploy, sharpness, sleight, stealth, trick, trickery, wiliness), лукавство (arts, craft, duplicity, slyness, wile, wiliness), підступність (archness, astuteness, cunning, devilry). (various references) tính xảo trá (captiousness, perfidiousness, perfidy), tính xảo quyệt (artfulness, foxiness), sự mánh khoé, sự láu cá (cunning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 20, Verse 23 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | KatanohsaV de autwn thn panourgian eipen proV autouV ti me peirazete |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Considerans autem dolum illorum dixit ad eos quid me temptatis |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | þa cwæð he to him þa he hyra facen onget; Hwi fandige min; |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And he biheld the disseit of hem, and seide to hem, What tempten ye me? |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | He perceaved their craftynes and sayde vnto them: why tept ye me? |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me? |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them, Why tempt ye me? |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But he saw through their trick and said to them, |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Luke Chapter 20, Verse 23 |
| Cebuano | Apan siya nakasabut sa ilang lipatlipat, ug miingon kanila, |
| Chinese | 耶 穌 看 出 他 們 的 詭 詐 、 就 對 他 們 說 、 |
| Croatian | Pronièuæi njihovu lukavost, reèe im: |
| Danish | Men da han mærkede deres Træskhed, sagde han til dem: "Hvorfor friste I mig? |
| Dutch | En Hij, hun arglistigheid bemerkende, zeide tot hen: Wat verzoekt gij Mij? |
| Finnish | Mutta hän havaitsi heidän kavaluutensa ja sanoi heille: |
| French | Jésus, apercevant leur ruse, leur répondit: Montrez-moi un denier. |
| German | Er aber merkte ihre List und sprach zu ihnen: Was versuchet ihr mich? |
| Haitian Creole | Men, Jezi wè se nan pèlen yo te vle pran li. Li di yo: |
| Hungarian | Õ pedig észrevévén álnokságukat, monda nékik: Mit kísértetek engem? |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Tetapi Yesus tahu muslihat mereka. Karena itu Ia berkata, |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Tetapi sebab Ia mengetahui muslihat mereka itu, lalu berkata kepada mereka itu, |
| Italian | Conoscendo la loro malizia, disse: |
| Maori | Otira i kitea e ia to ratou hianga, a ka mea kia ratou, He aha koutou ka whakamatautau nei i ahau? |
| Norwegian | Men han merket deres list og sa til dem: |
| Portuguese | Mas Jesus, percebendo a astúcia deles, disse-lhes: |
| Rumanian | Isus le -a priceput viclenia, wi le -a rqspuns: ,,Pentru ce Mq ispitiyi? |
| Russian | пО ЦЕ, ХТБЪХНЕЧ МХЛБЧУФЧП ЙИ, УЛБЪБМ ЙН: ЮФП ЧЩ нЕОС ЙУЛХЫБЕФЕ? |
| Shuar | Tura Jesuska ni yajauch Enentáimsamurin Nekáa chicharainiak, |
| Spanish | Pero él, entendiendo la astucia de ellos, les dijo: |
| Swahili | Yesu alitambua mtego wao, akawaambia, |
| Swedish | Är det lovligt för oss att giva kejsaren skatt, eller är det icke lovligt?" Men han märkte deras illfundighet och sade till dem: |
| Uma | Yesus mpo'inca pepanawu' -ra. Toe pai' na'uli' -raka: |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "craftiness": craftinesses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "craftiness" (pronounced 'Craft"i*ness'): Abjectedness, Abjectness, Ableness, Abominableness, Abortiveness, Abruptness, Absentness, Absoluteness, Absorptiveness, Abstemiousness, Abstersiveness, Abstractedness, Abstractiveness, Abstractness, Abstruseness, Absurdness, Abusiveness, Acceptableness, Accessariness, Accessoriness, Accidentalness, Accommodableness, Accommodateness, Accurateness, Accustomedness, Acidness, Acquaintedness, Acquisitiveness, Acrimoniousness, Activeness, Actualness, Acuteness, Adaptedness, Adaptiveness, Adaptness, Addictedness, Addle-patedness, Adeptness, Adequateness, Adhesiveness, Admirableness, Adorableness, Adroitness, Adultness, Advantageousness, Adventurousness, Adverseness, Advisable-ness, Advisedness, Affableness. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-f-i-n-r-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: canisters, scenarist. | |
-2 letters: arcsines, arsenics, artiness, canister, ceratins, cineasts, cisterna, cisterns, creatins, fainters, fairness, fanciers, fanciest, fascines, infarcts, infracts, narcists, raciness, retsinas, sanserif, scantier, scanties, scariest, snifters, stainers, stearins, tacrines. | |
-3 letters: acetins, actress, ancress, anestri, antsier, arcsine, arsenic, arsines, ascents, ascites, canters, carnets, carnies, caseins, caserns, casters, ceratin, certain, cineast, cistern, creatin, cretins. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-f-i-n-r-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: franticness, sanctifiers. | |
+2 letters: craftinesses. | |
+3 letters: fractiousness, franticnesses, transfections. | |
+4 letters: artificialness, refractiveness, refractoriness, versifications. | |
+5 letters: anfractuosities, esterifications, fractiousnesses, infrastructures. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Bible Trace 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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