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Webster 1913 Edition
Crafty
Craft′y
(kr?ft′?)
, Adj.
[AS.
cræftig
.] 1.
Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous.
[Obs.]
“Crafty work.” Piers Plowman.
2.
Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful.
A noble
crafty
man of trees. Wyclif.
3.
Skillful at deceiving others; characterized by craft; cunning; wily.
“A pair of crafty knaves.” Shak.
Syn. – Skillful; dexterous; cunning; artful; wily; sly; fraudulent; deceitful; subtle; shrewd. See
Cunning
. Webster 1828 Edition
Crafty
CRAFTY
,Adj.
1.
Cunning; artful; skillful in devising and pursuing a scheme, by deceiving others, or by taking advantage of their ignorance; wily; sly; fraudulent.He disappointeth the devices of the crafty. Job 5.
2.
Artful; cunning; in a good sense, or in a laudable pursuit.Being crafty, I caught you with guile. 2 Corinthians 12.