| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. Deceitful cleverness: art, artfulness, craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness. See HONEST, MEANS. 2. An indirect, usually cunning means of gaining an end: deception, device, dodge, feint, gimmick, imposture, jig, maneuver, ploy, ruse, sleight, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, wile. Informal : shenanigan, take-in. See HONEST, MEANS.
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