craftiness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

craftiness
    n 1: shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
         [syn: {craft}, {craftiness}, {cunning}, {foxiness},
         {guile}, {slyness}, {wiliness}]
    2: the quality of being crafty [syn: {craftiness},
       {deceitfulness}, {guile}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Craftiness \Craft"i*ness\ (kr?ft"?-n?s), n.
   Dexterity in devising and effecting a purpose; cunning;
   artifice; stratagem.
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         He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. --Job. v.
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