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  • 111knavish — adjective 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 …

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  • 112perspicaciousness — noun intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) • Syn: ↑shrewdness, ↑astuteness, ↑perspicacity • Derivationally related forms: ↑perspicacious, ↑perspicacious (for: ↑pers …

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  • 113perspicacity — noun 1. intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) • Syn: ↑shrewdness, ↑astuteness, ↑perspicaciousness • Derivationally related forms: ↑perspicacious (for: ↑perspicaciousness), ↑ …

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  • 114shrewdness — noun intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) • Syn: ↑astuteness, ↑perspicacity, ↑perspicaciousness • Derivationally related forms: ↑perspicacious (for: ↑perspicaciousness), ↑ …

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  • 115wily — adj. (wilier, wiliest) full of wiles; crafty, cunning. Derivatives: wilily adv. wiliness n …

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  • 116cau|tel — «K tuhl», noun. Archaic. 1. caution or wariness. 2. a precaution. 3. a warning or direction. 4. subtlety; craftiness; wiliness. ╂[< Old French cautele < Latin cautēla < cavēre beware] …

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