canny
IPA: kˈæni
noun
- A surname.
adjective
- Careful, prudent, cautious.
- Knowing, shrewd, astute.
- Frugal, thrifty.
- (Scotland, Northumbria) Friendly, pleasant, fair, agreeable; (sometimes) funny.
- (Scotland, Northumbria) Gentle, quiet, steady.
- (especially of sound) Sounding as if it is coming through a tin can.
adverb
- (Northumbria) Very, considerably; quite, rather.
- (Scotland, Northumbria) Gently, quietly; carefully, skilfully.
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Examples of "canny" in Sentences
- As of now, the section is a canny mess.
- Raj Kapoor was a canny judge of filmi music and lyrics.
- If a topic is controversial, the lead should canny say so.
- I think stateside and European teens will canny flock to this.
- He's a hipster with a canny understanding of the popular culture.
- Canny Tim is the first hero Dan encounters in the Hall of Heroes.
- He is depicted as a canny coach with a great knowledge of baseball.
- There is a difference between canny skepticism and dumbbell skepticism.
- Nicholas Patrick Canny an Irish historian and academic was born in 1944.
- It all strips language of meaning and this is what it is canny meant to do.