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  • 21sly — sly, cunning, crafty, tricky, foxy, insidious, wily, guileful, artful are comparable when they mean having or showing a disposition to attain one s ends by devious or indirect means. Sly implies a lack of candor which shows itself in… …

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  • 22Germanic religion and mythology — Introduction       complex of stories, lore, and beliefs about the gods and the nature of the cosmos developed by the Germanic speaking peoples before their conversion to Christianity.       Germanic culture extended, at various times, from the… …

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  • 23crafty — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. guileful, cunning. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. sly, wily, cunning, artful; see sly 1 . See Synonym Study at sly . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. cunning, shrewd, sly, *foxy, wily, artful,… …

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  • 24cunning — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Craftiness Nouns 1. cunning, craft, craftiness, canniness, wit; gumption; slyness, artifice, art; subtlety, finesse, maneuvering; diplomacy, Machiavellianism, politics; resourcefulness; Jesuitry;… …

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  • 25devious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. See deviation, circuity, deception. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Indirect] Syn. circuitous, roundable, tortuous, evasive; see indirect . 2. [Crafty] Syn. foxy, insidious, shrewd, underhanded; see… …

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  • 26sly — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. cunning, furtive, wily; crafty, deceitful, stealthy, underhand; roguish, mischievous. See concealment. Ant., artless. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Crafty] Syn. wily, tricky, foxy, shifty, insidious,… …

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  • 27ἀπατήλιον — ἀπατήλιος guileful masc/fem acc sg ἀπατήλιος guileful neut nom/voc/acc sg …

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  • 28ὑπόκλοπον — ὑπόκλοπος guileful masc/fem acc sg ὑπόκλοπος guileful neut nom/voc/acc sg …

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  • 29guilefulness — noun ( es) Etymology: Middle English gilefulnesse, from gileful guileful + nesse ness : guileful quality or state …

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  • 30Acquaintance — Ac*quaint ance, n. [OE. aqueintance, OF. acointance, fr. acointier. See {Acquaint}.] 1. A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of… …

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