as in artfully
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Recent Examples of cannily
There’s an inherent fascination to this kind of exhibitionist lifestyle that the film cannily exploits in its own sleek, advertising-like presentation.
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
Rental Family cannily exploits its unusual premise to both comical and moving effect.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Dennis Harvey, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
Rental Family cannily exploits its unusual premise to both comical and moving effect.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cannily
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Satu Aaltonen, a Lego enthusiast from Finland, used the plastic toy bricks to artfully fashion a wearable dress featuring a blue and white color palette, sleeves and a small train, along with an ornate headpiece and veil to match.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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But they are not often confronted so artfully.—
Harpers Magazine,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Kazakevich’s lawyers argued that prosecutors were falsely painting their client as a dangerous man and a potential flight risk.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
30 Sep. 2025
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Mormons have also sometimes been falsely stereotyped as being polygamists because some of their early founders and members were, but the group banned polygamy in 1890.—
Niraj Warikoo,
Freep.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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The Italian dessert zabaglione is a deceptively easy thing.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Sep. 2025
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Lit Faux Red Berry Branch Adding a decorative and seasonal accent to your autumnal decor lineup is less of a sticker shock this year thanks to a nearly half-off faux red berry branch that lights up yet looks deceptively real.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Sep. 2025
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As naive as that may sound in a world where so many self-evident rights and wrongs are being routinely, dishonestly evaluated and reevaluated, the series elevates simple truths in ways that are downright inspirational.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
4 Aug. 2025
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The study’s authors also stated that the bodies were mummified artificially by smoking the remains over fire for an extended period of time.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
21 Sep. 2025
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Stage one is often abetted by venture capital, as in the case of Uber, which in its early days kept its ride prices artificially low.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Cannily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cannily. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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