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Foxiness

noun
1.
Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception.  Synonyms: craft, craftiness, cunning, guile, slyness, wiliness.






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"Foxiness" Quotes from Famous Books



... nothing in it. Fighting the devil with fire is all foolishness, because that's the one weapon with which he's more expert than any one else. I usually find that it's pretty good policy to oppose suspicion with candor, foxiness with openness, indifference with earnestness. When you deal squarely with a crooked man you scare him to death, because he thinks you're springing some new and extra-deep ...
— Old Gorgon Graham - More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son • George Horace Lorimer



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