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1
having or showing a practical cleverness or judgment
- a canny card player, good at psyching out his opponents
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- exploitable,
- gullible
- (also gullable)
- airheaded,
- birdbrained,
- brain-dead,
- brainless,
- dim-witted,
- dopey
- (also dopy),
- dumb,
- empty-headed,
- feebleminded,
- gormless
- [chiefly British],
- half-witted,
- knuckleheaded,
- lamebrain
- (or lamebrained),
- lunkheaded,
- simple,
- slow,
- slow-witted,
- softheaded,
- stupid,
- thickheaded,
- thick-witted,
- unintelligent,
- weak-minded
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2
chiefly Scottish
enjoying physical comfort
- warm and canny under the woolen bedcovers, we didn't mind the chilly Scottish nights
Synonyms for canny
- comfortable,
- comfy,
- cozy,
- relaxed,
- snug
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The first known use of canny was in 1596
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