crafty

crafty
adjective (craftier; -est) Date: before 12th century 1. skillful, clever 2. a. adept in the use of subtlety and cunning b. marked by subtlety and guile <
a crafty scheme
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Synonyms: see slycraftily adverbcraftiness noun

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  • Crafty — ist ein freies und quelloffenes Schachprogramm von Professor Robert Hyatt, einem amerikanischen Informatiker. Es ist in der Lage, Partien gegen menschliche Großmeister zu gewinnen, insbesondere im Blitzschach. Im November 2006 wurde Crafty,… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Crafty — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Crafty es un programa de ajedrez escrito por Robert Hyatt, profesor de la Universidad de Alabama en Birmingham. El programa es una derivación de Cray Blitz, ganador del Campeonato Mundial de Programas de Ajedrez… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Crafty — Craft y (kr?ft ?), a. [AS. cr[ae]ftig.] 1. Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous. [Obs.] Crafty work. Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster] 2. Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful. [1913 Webster] A noble crafty man of trees.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Crafty — Crafty  шахматная программа, написанная профессором Университета Алабамы в Бирмингеме (англ.) Robert Hyatt (англ.). Crafty имеет ряд побед (второе место в 2010 Fifth Annual ACCA Americas Computer Chess Championships, второе место в …   Википедия

  • crafty — [kraf′tē, kräf′tē] adj. craftier, craftiest [ME crafti, powerful, sly: see CRAFT & Y2] subtly deceitful; sly; cunning; artful [a crafty rascal] SYN. SLY craftily adv. craftiness n …   English World dictionary

  • crafty — index artful, colorable (specious), deceptive, delusive, devious, disingenuous, evasive, fraudulent …   Law dictionary

  • crafty — M.E. crafti, from O.E. cræftig strong, powerful, later skillful, ingenious, degenerating by c.1200 to cunning, sly; from CRAFT (Cf. craft) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Related: Craftily; craftiness …   Etymology dictionary

  • crafty — tricky, *sly, cunning, insidious, foxy, guileful, wily, artful Analogous words: adroit, *clever, cunning: *shrewd, astute: *sharp, keen, acute Contrasted words: *stupid, slow, dull, dense, crass, dumb: obtuse, * …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • crafty — [adj] clever, scheming adroit, artful, astute, cagey, calculating, canny, crazy like fox*, cunning, deceitful, deep, designing, devious, disingenuous, duplicitous, foxy*, fraudulent, guileful, insidious, intelligent, keen, knowing, sharp, shrewd …   New thesaurus

  • crafty — ► ADJECTIVE (craftier, craftiest) ▪ cunning or deceitful. DERIVATIVES craftily adverb craftiness noun. ORIGIN Old English …   English terms dictionary

  • Crafty — For the publisher of role playing games, see Crafty Games. Crafty Original author(s) Dr. Robert Hyatt Stable release 23.4 …   Wikipedia

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