canniness

But Seattle himself is not without the canniness of a hunted fox.

This canniness carries over into some contemporary Indian work in the exhibition.

With typical canniness, Bird chose to coach a team that would listen to him.

But he can also be thoughtful, and amid all the craziness is a kind of canniness.

As the years passed, the love she'd once felt for him was replaced by respect for his canniness.

But whether from canniness or indifference, he remained absent.

It encapsulates his characteristic canniness about human nature, specifically relationships.

She'd selected her lingerie with the canniness and foresight of a general preparing for battle.

Friends are adamant that while he is no intellectual, the Argentina coach has a canniness which allows him to understand his players.

It was not canniness on my part.

A crook with wild notions, Bugs had, nevertheless, indicated canniness in the past.

She shook her head in rueful acknowledgment of her husband's canniness.

She's got all that Northern canniness that I like digging out of myself.

A look of canniness came into the woman's expression, giving her the appearance of an evil old witch.

In politics, conviction and canniness are excellent partners.

Patience will be required and much canniness.

His expression showed appreciation of the commissioner's canniness.

But plain, idealistic Yinan is all heart, with not a trace of canniness.

Some argued that 'equal opportunity' in this case was simply another illustration of Richard's entrepreneurial canniness.

Yet he has canniness, which the greenhorns don't.

He seldom pitches to persons of intelligence and canniness, unless they have an extreme tilt that makes them vulnerable.

That's an unusual bit of marketing canniness on the part of the concert presenter and the record label.

Then his eyes scowled into canniness.

According to Davies, ethnic jokes are centered around the three main themes of stupidity, canniness and sexual behavior.

But these movies are inoculated with a cynical canniness that says the simplicity of childhood is mostly a marketing tool.