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canny (kan′ē)

adjective cannier -·nier, canniest -·ni·est

  1. careful and shrewd in one's actions and dealings; clever and cautious
  2. careful with money; thrifty
  3. Scot. careful in action; gentle; easy; quiet
  4. Brit., Dialectal good; nice; fine

Etymology: < can + -y

adverb

Scot. in a canny or cautious manner
canny Idioms

ca' can′·ny

(kä, kô-)
  1. Scot. call “canny”; hence, go cautiously
  2. Brit. slowing down at work a ca' canny policy

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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