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Canny

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈkæni/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Canny is an adjective meaning Careful, prudent, cautious.

Meaning

Careful, prudent, cautious.

More Meanings

  1. Knowing, shrewd, astute.
  2. Frugal, thrifty.
  3. (Scotland, Northumbria) Friendly, pleasant, fair, agreeable; (sometimes) funny.
  4. (Scotland, Northumbria) Gentle, quiet, steady.
  5. (Northumbria) Very, considerably; quite, rather.
  6. (Scotland, Northumbria) Gently, quietly; carefully, skilfully.
  7. (proscribed) Natural, normal.

Example Sentences

canny investments
O! as thou art bonny, be prudent and canny,
Whate’er he wins, I’ll guide with canny care.
The canny lawyer knew just how to get what he wanted.

Word Forms

Synonyms for canny

Depending on context, synonyms include abstemious, chary, moderate, cheap, economic, economical.

abstemiouscharymoderatecheapeconomiceconomicalfrugalhusbandlyhuswifelyparsimoniouspenny-pinchingprudentsparefulsparingsparythriftytighttightwadclevercageysmartcagy

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cagey, clever, cagy, smart, cautious, careful.

cageyclevercagysmartcautiouscarefulprecautionaryastuteshrewdprudentcunningwiseconservativecautelouskannycarefoolcankerycleversomecliver

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