Examples of canny in a Sentence
Adjective
a canny card player, good at psyching out his opponents
warm and canny under the woolen bedcovers, we didn't mind the chilly Scottish nights
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Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 1 July 2025
Spielberg is too canny a director to worry about whether the shark or its ocean habitat have any symbolic meaning, but his movie somehow serves as a framework that contains them, rather brilliantly.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 21 June 2025
But Herberger was canny too, and his approach for that final was first and foremost based around stopping Hungary.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 1 June 2025
Its canny use of Sérgio’s awkwardness and incompetence to comedic effect also feels like if Alex Ross Perry brought his sense of humor to bear on socio-conscious drama.
—Miriam Balanescu, IndieWire, 17 May 2025
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Adjective
Spielberg oversaw several storyline changes as well, in his commercially canny pursuit of roaring terror and solemn wonder in more evenly alternating currents.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 1 July 2025
Spielberg is too canny a director to worry about whether the shark or its ocean habitat have any symbolic meaning, but his movie somehow serves as a framework that contains them, rather brilliantly.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 21 June 2025
But Herberger was canny too, and his approach for that final was first and foremost based around stopping Hungary.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 1 June 2025
Its canny use of Sérgio’s awkwardness and incompetence to comedic effect also feels like if Alex Ross Perry brought his sense of humor to bear on socio-conscious drama.
—Miriam Balanescu, IndieWire, 17 May 2025
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“Canny.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/canny. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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