cunning

In just about 120 seconds, viewers learn that Violet is not only intensely caring but clever enough to think of cunning, new approaches in a short amount of time when one method falls flat.

It was seen as a cunning way to save on candles.

The "hobbling" scene—she uses a sledgehammer to break Paul’s ankles—elevated her to canonical b***h status: a cunning, brutal and mercurial harridan who hides her malice behind a folksy façade.

She may be cunning, but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t care or she’s cruel.

Their infatuations are challenged by a cunning philosopher who persuades the bros to pretend they’ve been suddenly drafted and to return later in disguise to woo each other’s fiancée.