Hypertext Webster Gateway: "crafty"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Crafty \Craft"y\ (kr?ft"?), a. [AS. cr?ftig.]
1. Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill;
dexterous. [Obs.] ``Crafty work.'' --Piers Plowman.
2. Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful.
A noble crafty man of trees. --Wyclif.
3. Skillful at deceiving others; characterized by craft;
cunning; wily. ``A pair of crafty knaves.'' --Shak.
With anxious care and crafty wiles. --J. Baillie.
Syn: Skillful; dexterous; cunning; artful; wily; sly;
fraudulent; deceitful; subtle; shrewd. See {Cunning}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
crafty
adj : marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for
wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme";
"a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky
Dick"; "a wily old attorney" [syn: {cunning}, {dodgy},
{foxy}, {guileful}, {knavish}, {slick}, {sly}, {tricksy},
{tricky}, {wily}]
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