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paganize

EnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionary

an aria-hidden='true'>, clear-eyed clear-sighted hard-boiled hardheaded heady knowing savvy sharp sharp-witted shrewd smart

Antonyms: Adjective

unknowing

Examples

Adjective

//a canny card player, good at psyching out his opponents
//warm and canny under the woolen bedcovers, we didn't mind the chilly Scottish nights

First Known Use

Adjective

1596, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adverb

1786, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology

Adjective

originally Scots & regional northern English, going back to early Scots, "free from risk, sagacious, prudent, cautious," probably from can "ability"

an aria-hidden='true'>, clear-eyed clear-sighted hard-boiled hardheaded heady knowing savvy sharp sharp-witted shrewd smart

Antonyms: Adjective

unknowing

Examples

Adjective

//a canny card player, good at psyching out his opponents
//warm and canny under the woolen bedcovers, we didn't mind the chilly Scottish nights

First Known Use

Adjective

1596, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adverb

1786, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology

Adjective

originally Scots & regional northern English, going back to early Scots, "free from risk, sagacious, prudent, cautious," probably from can "ability"

an aria-hidden='true'>, clear-eyed clear-sighted hard-boiled hardheaded heady knowing savvy sharp sharp-witted shrewd smart

Antonyms: Adjective

unknowing

Examples

Adjective

//a canny card player, good at psyching out his opponents
//warm and canny under the woolen bedcovers, we didn't mind the chilly Scottish nights

First Known Use

Adjective

1596, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adverb

1786, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology

Adjective

originally Scots & regional northern English, going back to early Scots, "free from risk, sagacious, prudent, cautious," probably from can "ability"

an aria-hidden='true'>, clear-eyed clear-sighted hard-boiled hardheaded heady knowing savvy sharp sharp-witted shrewd smart

Antonyms: Adjective

unknowing

Examples

Adjective

//a canny card player, good at psyching out his opponents
//warm and canny under the woolen bedcovers, we didn't mind the chilly Scottish nights

First Known Use

Adjective

1596, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adverb

1786, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology

Adjective

originally Scots & regional northern English, going back to early Scots, "free from risk, sagacious, prudent, cautious," probably from can "ability"

an aria-hidden='true'>, clear-eyed clear-sighted hard-boiled hardheaded heady knowing savvy sharp sharp-witted shrewd smart

Antonyms: Adjective

unknowing

Examples

Adjective

//a canny card player, good at psyching out his opponents
//warm and canny under the woolen bedcovers, we didn't mind the chilly Scottish nights

First Known Use

Adjective

1596, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adverb

1786, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology

Adjective

originally Scots & regional northern English, going back to early Scots, "free from risk, sagacious, prudent, cautious," probably from can "ability"

an aria-hidden='true'>, clear-eyed clear-sighted hard-boiled hardheaded heady knowing savvy sharp sharp-witted shrewd smart

Antonyms: Adjective

unknowing

Examples

Adjective

//a canny card player, good at psyching out his opponents
//warm and canny under the woolen bedcovers, we didn't mind the chilly Scottish nights

First Known Use

Adjective

1596, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adverb

1786, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology

Adjective

originally Scots & regional northern English, going back to early Scots, "free from risk, sagacious, prudent, cautious," probably from can "ability"