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cunningly

[kuhn-ing-lee] / ˈkʌn ɪŋ li /




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There are plenty of other ways that our culture has disguised unhealthy behaviors, as “Maddie’s Secret” so cunningly stresses.

From Salon Aug. 8, 2026

Copley has cunningly offered us, however, more than a pause in an artist’s actions.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

Then it was on to selling him, cunningly and ferociously, to RCA, 20th Century Fox and whoever else would help build the mighty Elvis industry.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2025

Passing sentence Judge Geoffery Baker QC described Saeed as a "charlatan", who had carried out a deception that had been "cunningly contrived, skilfully executed, and brazenly maintained over three decades".

From BBC Feb. 23, 2025

I just remember a period when, convinced that an apostrophe was definitely required somewhere, I would cunningly suspend a very small one immediately above the “s”, to cover all eventualities.

From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author




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