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词汇 canny
释义 canny
adjective
uk /ˈkæn.i/ us /ˈkæn.i/

cannyadjective (CLEVER)


thinking quickly and cleverly, especially in business or financial matters: (尤指在生意或财务方面)精明的,机灵的
These salesmen are a canny lot.这些推销员是一帮精明的家伙。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Wise and sensible
be a victory for common senseidiom
cannily
clear-headed
clear-headedly
discerning
judiciously
level-headed
long-sightedness
method
neat
responsibility
responsible
responsibly
right-minded
sagacious
victory
well advised
wily
wisdom
wise

cannyadjective (PLEASANT)


Northern English
good or pleasant: 好的,令人愉快的
a canny lad不错的小伙子
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Informal words for good
A-OK
amazeballs
apple pie
awesomesauce
badass
dank
juicy
killer
knock
knock spots off somethingidiom
like a bossidiom
lit
out of sightidiom
rule OKidiom
safe
shabby
shit hot
sight
smashing
steal

Related word


cannily

canny | American Dictionary


canny
adjective
us/ˈkæn·i/
intelligent and careful:
He is a canny investor.

Examples of canny


canny
I would not call a child backward who could use words like those, and we ought to be a little more canny in conveying.
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I do suggest to him that he is being a bit canny about this question.
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The electorate and parents are canny, and want to know what they are voting for.
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One can, if one is canny, make a calculation and have a gamble.
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They are canny birds and go high up in the air.
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Now they are telling local authorities to go canny.
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We have to be very canny about these matters.
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However, it is also very canny because it is now trying yet a third ploy.
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Very canny they are in the whole business.
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Farmers are canny people and will not treat something as law until it actually becomes law.
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Hospitals workers were very canny about their politics if they had any.
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My wife, who is very canny, said that that was too much, and asked me to decorate it myself.
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A rather canny motorist discovered that this was a rat run that enabled him to avoid the traffic on the main road.
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One must be very canny about this, and if it is not presumptuous of me.
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My experience of young people is that they are fairly canny in choosing their careers.
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