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Crafty vs Uncrafty - What's the difference?

crafty | uncrafty |

As adjectives the difference between crafty and uncrafty

is that crafty is relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous while uncrafty is not crafty; unscheming.

crafty

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous.
  • Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful.
  • Skillful at deceiving others; characterized by craft; cunning; wily.
  • * 22 March 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]
    • Together, with the help of the drunkard Haymitch (Woody Harrelson), the only District 12 citizen ever to win the Games, they challenge tributes that range from sadistic volunteers to crafty kids like the pint-sized Rue (Amandla Stenberg) to the truly helpless and soon-to-be-dead.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    uncrafty

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not crafty; unscheming.
  • * 1888 , Robert Louis Stevenson, The Black Arrow
    • Y' are brave, but the most uncrafty lad that I can think upon!
  • * 2008 , Henry J Horn, Strange Visitors
    • ...and when he appeared in their midst, the simple, unaffected, uncrafty man that he was, a revulsion of feeling immediately took place.

    Derived terms

    * uncraftiness