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Canny   /kˈæni/   Listen
adjective
Cannei, Canny  adj.  (North of Eng. & Scot.)
1.
Artful; cunning; shrewd; wary.
2.
Skillful; knowing; capable.
3.
Cautious; prudent; safe..
4.
Having pleasing or useful qualities; gentle.
5.
Reputed to have magical powers.
No canny, not safe, not fortunate; unpropitious. (Scot.)





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"Canny" Quotes from Famous Books



... out, going down to the Grant Avenue corner for an assortment of Bay cities papers not to be had at the hotel news-stands, so that he could see whether our canny announcement of Clayte's fifteen thousand dollar defalcation had received discreet attention from the ...
— The Million-Dollar Suitcase • Alice MacGowan
... weakling, of poor breed: Grimalson, big as bull's beef, had a brain rotten as a pear: Webster, a docile fellow, was strong as Hercules and surprisingly stupid. These were gone, in their order. The two A.B.'s, Jarvis and Prout—canny men, resourceful, full of seamanship—survived, and we three passengers. What kept Farrell going, and saved his reason, was a great capacity for sleep. He slept all the night and most of the day; and though by consequence he helped us little or nothing, ...
— Foe-Farrell • Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
... professional eccentrics; even the emotional philanthropists took that direction; Lord Shaftesbury and Carlyle, Fowell Buxton, and Gladstone, threw their sympathies on the side which they should naturally have opposed, and did so for no reason except their eccentricity; but the "canny" Scots ...
— The Education of Henry Adams • Henry Adams
... and commercial field in this country the Scots have held a foremost place and stand unrivalled for integrity, energy, fidelity, and enterprise. Many jibes are made at the expense of the Canny Scot, but American business men have realized his value. In business and commercial life the success of the average Scot is remarkable and many of the guiding spirits among America's successful business men are Scots ...
— Scotland's Mark on America • George Fraser Black
... Despite the canny management of Hanna a defection took place over the decision on the currency issue. As soon as the platform was read, Senator Henry M. Teller, of Colorado, moved to replace the gold plank by one advocating the free coinage of ...
— The United States Since The Civil War • Charles Ramsdell Lingley


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