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pawky

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Adjective
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pawk=y

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective pawky has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

pawkya. [Cf. AS. pæcean to deceive.].
     Arch; cunning; sly.  Jamieson.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

pawky, adj. (pawkier, pawkiest) Sc. & dial.
1 drily humorous.
2 shrewd.

Derivative
pawkily adv. pawkiness n.
Etymology
Sc. & N.Engl. dial. pawk trick, of unkn. orig.

THESAURUS

pawky

Byzantine, Machiavellian, Machiavellic, acute, arch, artful, astute, cagey, calculating, canny, careful, cautious, circumspect, clever, crafty, cunning, cute, deceitful, deep, deep-laid, deliberate, designing, devious, difficult, diplomatic, discreet, feline, finical, finicking, finicky, finikin, foxy, fuss-budgety, fussy, gingerly, guarded, guileful, hard to please, heedful, hesitant, ingenious, insidious, inventive, judicious, knowing, leaving out nothing, mindful, noncommittal, on guard, overlooking no possibility, pernickety, persnickety, politic, prudent, queasy, ready, regardful, resourceful, safe, scheming, serpentine, sharp, shifty, shrewd, slick, slippery, slow to act, sly, smooth, snaky, sneaky, sophistical, squeamish, stealthy, strategic, subtile, subtle, supple, tactical, tentative, thorough, trickish, tricksy, tricky, unadventurous, uncommunicative, undaring, unenterprising, unprecipitate, vulpine, wary, wily

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pawky

Cunning

N cunning, craft, cunningness, craftiness, subtlety, artificiality, maneuvering, temporization, circumvention, chicane, chicanery, sharp practice, knavery, jugglery, concealment, guile, doubling, duplicity, foul play, diplomacy, politics, Machiavelism, jobbery, backstairs influence, art, artifice, device, machination, plot, maneuver, stratagem, dodge, sidestep, artful dodge, wile, trick, trickery, ruse, ruse de guerre, finesse, side blow, thin end of the wedge, shift, go by, subterfuge, evasion, white lie, juggle, tour de force, tricks of the trade, tricks upon travelers, espieglerie, net, trap, Ulysses, Machiavel, sly boots, fox, reynard, Scotchman, Jew, Yankee, intriguer, intrigant, floater, Indian giver, keener, repeater, cunning, crafty, artful, skillful, subtle, feline, vulpine, cunning as a fox, cunning as a serpent, deep, deep laid, profound, designing, contriving, intriguing, strategic, diplomatic, politic, Machiavelian, timeserving, artificial, tricky, tricksy, wily, sly, slim, insidious, stealthy, underhand, subdolous, deceitful, slippery as an eel, evasive, crooked, arch, pawky, shrewd, acute, sharp, sharp as a tack, sharp as a needle, canny, astute, leery, knowing, up to snuff, too clever by half, not to be caught with chaff, tactful, diplomatic, politic, polite, cunningly, slyly, slily, on the sly, by a side wind, diamond cut diamond, a' bis ou a blanc, fin contre fin, something is rotten in the state of Denmark.

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