crafty

listig, gerissen

Gut darin, andere zu täuschen, um das Gewünschte zu bekommen.

In einfachem Englisch: Good at tricking people to get what you want.

• He is a crafty salesman.
• The crafty fox escaped the trap.
• She exposed his crafty plan to cheat the customers.

Synonyme: cunning, sly, wily, devious

Gegenteile: honest, guileless

Häufige Wendungen: crafty fox, crafty salesman, crafty plan

geschickt, clever, findig

Geschickt darin, ein Ziel zu erreichen, manchmal auch durch Tricks gegenüber anderen.

In einfachem Englisch: Clever and skilled at achieving something, often by finding a way to trick others.

• That was a crafty move.
• The crafty player found a way around our defence.
• She used a crafty solution to win the contest.

Synonyme: clever, ingenious, cunning

Gegenteile: unskilled

Häufige Wendungen: crafty player, crafty move, crafty solution

heimlich, verstohlen

So ausgeführt, dass andere es möglichst nicht bemerken.

In einfachem Englisch: Done secretly so that other people will not notice.

• She took a crafty peek at my cards.
• He had a crafty look through the window.
• I made a crafty visit to the kitchen for more cake.

Synonyme: sneaky, furtive, surreptitious

Gegenteile: open

Häufige Wendungen: crafty look, crafty peek, crafty glance