cunning

Preposition: as

• fox: A cunning man ( as cunning as a fox from Oxford University ).

Modifies a noun

• ploy: Perhaps it was a cunning ploy to fool would-be invaders.
• ruse: We hit on a cunning ruse to save a bit of time!
• craftiness: They didn't want to be carried about by the cunning craftiness of those who lie in wait to deceive.
• disguise: Spot the young famous names, sometimes appearing in ` cunning disguise ` .
• witch: Oh comfrey the comforting, you cunning witch, how I adore you!
• stunt: In the news today for a cunning stunt at Tate Britain on Friday.

Modifying Another Word

• extremely: The creature has behaved in an extremely cunning manner, yet I am unsure whether this is a sign of actual intelligence.
• rather: The bridge was rebuilt, and it was rebuilt in a rather cunning way.
• very: He soon became a very cunning person with a cut throat business mind.
• too: Unfortunately, Sheridan seems to be too cunning for his own good.
• quite: Baldrick: Well, mine's quite cunning, My Lord.
• so: Then here's to our host, ever anxious to please, And here's to his brewers so cunning!

Infinitive complement

• get: Jack used cunning to get the giant in a vulnerable position.
• win: Thus, players must use strategy and cunning to win this game.
• outwit: Is Milo quick enough to leave the Demons of Ignorance behind, and cunning enough to outwit - among others - the Terrible Trivium?

Used with adjective complement

• become: The simple becomes cunning, The good becomes perverse.
• have: To think that some people say that trout have no cunning!
• get: We all got extremely cunning at this and even when the day's work was over you could not relax.

Preposition: of

• reason: The phrase ' cunning of reason ' comes from Hegel.