LekhoriLekhoriCareful, prudent, cautious.
The politician gave a canny response to the reporter’s questions.
Knowing, shrewd, astute.
The canny lawyer knew just how to get what he wanted.
Sounding as if it is coming through a tin can.
The rear sounds sounded canny compared to the front ones. And you also have to adjust the volume so both pair of speakers are at the same level, […]
Very, considerably; quite, rather.
a canny long journey
Gently, quietly; carefully, skilfully.
he sits very canny
A surname.
Northern English dialect, from can (“to know”) ( + -y), from Middle English can, first and third person singular of cunnen, connen (“to be able, know how to”), from Old English cunnan (“to know how to...
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