Definition of cunning

• a. - Knowing; skillful; dexterous.
• a. - Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious; curious; as, cunning work.
• a. - Crafty; sly; artful; designing; deceitful.
• a. - Pretty or pleasing; as, a cunning little boy.
• a. - Knowledge; art; skill; dexterity.
• a. - The faculty or act of using stratagem to accomplish a purpose; fraudulent skill or dexterity; deceit; craft.