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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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Chloe Schama, Vogue, 24 Jan. 2026
The revolutionaries and the representatives of the old republic (all of them, it should be said, canny political operatives of various vintages) get along quite well on the ground.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 12 Jan. 2026
Cowley, always a canny operator, launched a propaganda campaign.
—Vince Passaro, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
So does Rivers, one of the canniest readers of the field.
—Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025
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Adjective
The canniest fictional dissection of femininity and the panopticon of social media arrives this spring in Yesteryear (Knopf), a rollicking satirical debut from Caro Claire Burke.
—Chloe Schama, Vogue, 24 Jan. 2026
The revolutionaries and the representatives of the old republic (all of them, it should be said, canny political operatives of various vintages) get along quite well on the ground.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 12 Jan. 2026
Cowley, always a canny operator, launched a propaganda campaign.
—Vince Passaro, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
So does Rivers, one of the canniest readers of the field.
—Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025
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“Canny.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/canny. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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