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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