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Princeton's WordNet

  1. craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wilinessnoun

    shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

  2. craftiness, deceitfulness, guilenoun

    the quality of being crafty

Wiktionary

  1. craftinessnoun

    Skill in deception, slyness

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Craftinessnoun

    Cunning; stratagem.

    Etymology: from crafty.

    He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. Job, v. 13.

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  1. craftiness

    Craftiness is a characteristic or quality of being skilled at achieving one's goals through cunning, deceit, or manipulation. It involves cleverness, ingenuity, and often slyness or trickery to achieve a certain purpose or result.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Craftinessnoun

    dexterity in devising and effecting a purpose; cunning; artifice; stratagem

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of craftiness in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of craftiness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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    take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
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