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(adjective) marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft; "the artful dodger"; "an artful choice of metaphors"
artful
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(adjective) not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness; "an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most disagreeable traits of his time"- David Cannadine; "a disingenuous excuse"
disingenuous, artful
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(adjective) marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"
guileful, tricky, sly, crafty, tricksy, dodgy, wily, foxy, knavish, slick, cunning
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(adjective) used of persons; "the most calculating and selfish men in the community"
calculating, shrewd, conniving, calculative, scheming
means
(adjective) characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive; "a devious character"; "shifty eyes"
devious, shifty
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(adjective) marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; "a smart businessman"; "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease"; "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow"
sharp, shrewd, astute
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(adjective) not to be trusted; "how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is"- James Agee
slippery, tricky
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(adjective) evidencing the possession of inside information
knowing, wise to, wise
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