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# cunningly

«cunningly» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a clever way that tricks or fools someone** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (more cunningly, most cunningly)

### meaning for a pupil

1) In a clever way that tricks or fools someone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cunningly/#m1)

2) In a skilful, neat way that is hard to see through. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cunningly/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, clever characters act cunningly to win or to hide a trap

### examples

- The fox cunningly hid the bait. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cunningly/#x1)
- She cunningly hid the key under the mat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cunningly/#x2)
- The puzzle was cunningly made, with hidden doors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cunningly/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cunningly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cunningly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.