crafty Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite marked by skill in deception
    tricky; wily; knavish; sly; slick; foxy; guileful; tricksy; dodgy; cunning.
    • cunning men often pass for wise
    • deep political machinations
    • a foxy scheme
    • a slick evasive answer
    • sly as a fox
    • tricky Dick
    • a wily old attorney

WordNet

Craft"y adjective
Etymology
AS. crftig.
Definitions
  1. Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous. Obs. "Crafty work." Piers Plowman.
  2. Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful.
    A noble crafty man of trees. Wyclif.
  3. Skillful at deceiving others; characterized by craft; cunning; wily. "A pair of crafty knaves." Shak.
    With anxious care and crafty wiles. J. Baillie.
    Syn. -- Skillful; dexterous; cunning; artful; wily; ly; fraudulent; deceitful; subtle; shrewd. See Cunning.

Webster 1913